BS25
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Winscombe, Sandford and Shipham, in North Somerset and 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 BS25 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 92% of people in BS25 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BS25 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BS25 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BS25 at a rate of 43.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.6 per 1,000 people across the BS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 20 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BS25.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (148), other crime (62) and anti-social behaviour (30).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BS25 was 38.8 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 BS25, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BS25 has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BS25
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Somerset 024A | 1,509 | 40.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.6% |
| North Somerset 024B | 1,517 | 30.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.5% |
| North Somerset 024C | 1,726 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 80.7% |
| North Somerset 024F | 1,440 | 45.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.3% |
| Sedgemoor 001D | 1,882 | 49.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.4% |
Your MP
- Tessa MuntLiberal DemocratMP for Wells and Mendip Hills
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 BS251
Postcode sectors in BS253
Councils BS25 covers2
Postcode districts next to BS256
More in the BS postcode area2
BS25 in brief
BS25 is a postcode district covering Winscombe, Sandford and Shipham, in North Somerset and Somerset.
About 7,494 people lived in BS25 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £482,250 in 2025 across 142 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 43.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BS25 was £482,250 in 2025.
BS25 had 6,938 usual residents at the census.
About 92% of people in BS25 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BS25, 87.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.