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BS39

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Paulton and Clutton, in Bath and North East 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 BS39 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 93% of people in BS39 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£337,750
870th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
17,400
1,136th least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
93%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
86.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How BS39 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

BS39Middle
Median sale price37 postcode districts, BS · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in BS37 areas from £200,000 to £620,000. The middle area is £347,500. BS39 is £337,750.
£337,75015th cheapest
Population38 postcode districts, BS · 2021
Population: every postcode district in BS38 areas from 703 to 91,355. The middle area is 24,877. BS39 is 17,400.
17,40011th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares38 postcode districts, BS · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in BS38 areas from 46.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 93.5%. BS39 is 93.0%.
93%joint 18th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage38 postcode districts, BS · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in BS38 areas from 62.5% to 98.4%. The middle area is 90.9%. BS39 is 86.7%.
86.7%joint 11th lowest

Is BS39 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BS39 at a rate of 48.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 111.6 per 1,000 people across the BS postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 59 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BS39.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (345), other crime (147) and anti-social behaviour (125).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BS39 was 42.6 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 BS39, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BS39 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in BS39

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Bath and North East Somerset 020A1,46149.1 per 1,000787.0%
Bath and North East Somerset 020B1,21344.2 per 1,000897.5%
Bath and North East Somerset 020C1,51743.5 per 1,000897.1%
Bath and North East Somerset 020D1,20141.3 per 1,000791.4%
Bath and North East Somerset 021C1,62328.2 per 1,000895.1%
Bath and North East Somerset 023A1,34429.0 per 1,000996.1%
Bath and North East Somerset 023B1,74740.8 per 1,000890.8%
Bath and North East Somerset 023C1,82682.6 per 1,000581.3%
Bath and North East Somerset 023D2,58257.9 per 1,000874.6%
Bath and North East Somerset 023E2,09557.1 per 1,000773.2%

MPs for BS39

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 BS392

Postcode sectors in BS394

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Postcode districts next to BS396

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BS39 in brief

BS39 is a postcode district covering Paulton and Clutton, in Bath and North East Somerset.

About 17,497 people lived in BS39 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £337,750 in 2025 across 238 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 48.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in BS39 was £337,750 in 2025.

BS39 had 17,400 usual residents at the census.

About 93% of people in BS39 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In BS39, 86.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.