BS3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bristol, Bedminster and Southville, in Bristol.
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 BS3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in BS3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BS3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BS3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BS3 at a rate of 115.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.6 per 1,000 people across the BS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 364 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BS3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,610), other crime (975) and anti-social behaviour (711).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BS3 was 105.7 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 BS3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BS3 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BS3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol 036A | 2,083 | 189.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.0% |
| Bristol 036B | 1,859 | 110.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.0% |
| Bristol 036C | 1,964 | 63.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.1% |
| Bristol 036D | 1,649 | 124.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.6% |
| Bristol 036E | 1,680 | 135.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.0% |
| Bristol 036F | 1,890 | 65.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Bristol 037B | 1,608 | 60.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Bristol 037D | 1,817 | 79.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| Bristol 039A | 1,864 | 87.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.6% |
| Bristol 039B | 2,062 | 98.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.5% |
| Bristol 039E | 1,684 | 416.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 50.9% |
| Bristol 039F | 1,500 | 295.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.3% |
| Bristol 039G | 1,298 | 161.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.2% |
| Bristol 039H | 1,777 | 80.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.2% |
| Bristol 040A | 1,842 | 103.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.8% |
| Bristol 040B | 1,830 | 45.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Bristol 040C | 1,708 | 67.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Bristol 040D | 2,204 | 100.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.4% |
| Bristol 041A | 2,131 | 80.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.9% |
| Bristol 041B | 1,615 | 40.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Bristol 041C | 1,835 | 37.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Bristol 041D | 1,642 | 98.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.2% |
| Bristol 044A | 1,861 | 113.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.1% |
MPs for BS3
- Karin SmythLabourMP for Bristol South98% of BS3’s postcodes
- Kerry McCarthyLabourMP for Bristol East1.7% of BS3’s postcodes
- Sadik Al-HassanLabourMP for North Somerset0.1% of BS3’s postcodes
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 BS35
Postcode sectors in BS36
Council1
Towns in BS31
Postcode districts next to BS36
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BS postcode area2
BS3 in brief
BS3 is a postcode district covering Bristol, Bedminster and Southville, in Bristol.
About 42,079 people lived in BS3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £391,500 in 2025 across 822 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 115.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BS3 was £391,500 in 2025.
BS3 had 41,161 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in BS3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BS3, 91.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.