BS23
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Weston-super-Mare and Uphill, in North Somerset.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an BS23 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 55% of people in BS23 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BS23 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BS23 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BS23 at a rate of 197.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.6 per 1,000 people across the BS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 683 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BS23.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,027), other crime (1,407) and anti-social behaviour (1,095).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BS23 was 195.4 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in BS23, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BS23 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BS23
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Somerset 018A | 1,758 | 109.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 60.3% |
| North Somerset 018B | 1,594 | 173.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.2% |
| North Somerset 018C | 1,461 | 74.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.1% |
| North Somerset 018D | 1,462 | 289.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.7% |
| North Somerset 018E | 1,296 | 59.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 83.8% |
| North Somerset 018F | 1,466 | 97.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.7% |
| North Somerset 020A | 1,755 | 208.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.3% |
| North Somerset 020B | 1,805 | 207.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.7% |
| North Somerset 020C | 1,634 | 1,138.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 81.6% |
| North Somerset 020D | 1,647 | 130.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 88.2% |
| North Somerset 020E | 2,032 | 132.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.1% |
| North Somerset 020F | 1,800 | 92.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| North Somerset 021A | 1,966 | 265.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 81.2% |
| North Somerset 021B | 1,486 | 118.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.1% |
| North Somerset 021C | 1,373 | 213.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.5% |
| North Somerset 021D | 1,543 | 178.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 87.8% |
| North Somerset 021E | 1,498 | 266.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 78.2% |
| North Somerset 022A | 1,447 | 84.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.6% |
| North Somerset 022B | 1,686 | 67.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 79.6% |
| North Somerset 022C | 1,597 | 191.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.9% |
| North Somerset 022D | 1,396 | 59.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.8% |
| North Somerset 025A | 1,464 | 123.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.9% |
Your MP
- Dan AldridgeLabourMP for Weston-super-Mare
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in BS234
Postcode sectors in BS235
Council1
Towns in BS231
Postcode districts next to BS232
Nearest rail stations3
More in the BS postcode area2
BS23 in brief
BS23 is a postcode district covering Weston-super-Mare and Uphill, in North Somerset.
About 37,284 people lived in BS23 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £200,000 in 2025 across 566 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 197.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BS23 was £200,000 in 2025.
BS23 had 35,983 usual residents at the census.
About 55% of people in BS23 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BS23, 86.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.