BS40
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Wrington, in North Somerset and 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 BS40 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 92% of people in BS40 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BS40 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BS40 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BS40 at a rate of 58.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.6 per 1,000 people across the BS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 68 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BS40.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (250), other crime (205) and anti-social behaviour (101).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BS40 was 52.3 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 BS40, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BS40 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BS40
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bath and North East Somerset 021A | 2,519 | 53.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.1% |
| Bath and North East Somerset 021B | 1,148 | 36.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.9% |
| Bath and North East Somerset 021D | 1,484 | 39.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.1% |
| North Somerset 013A | 1,812 | 56.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.5% |
| North Somerset 013B | 1,399 | 60.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.4% |
| North Somerset 013C | 1,708 | 41.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 78.8% |
| North Somerset 013D | 1,410 | 228.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 71.8% |
| North Somerset 024D | 1,457 | 34.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.6% |
| North Somerset 024E | 1,393 | 86.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.1% |
MPs for BS40
- Dan NorrisIndependentMP for North East Somerset and Hanham37% of BS40’s postcodes
- Sadik Al-HassanLabourMP for North Somerset36% of BS40’s postcodes
- Tessa MuntLiberal DemocratMP for Wells and Mendip Hills27% of BS40’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 BS402
Postcode sectors in BS405
Councils BS40 covers2
Postcode districts next to BS408
More in the BS postcode area2
BS40 in brief
BS40 is a postcode district covering Wrington, in North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset.
About 14,179 people lived in BS40 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £500,000 in 2025 across 168 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 58.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BS40 was £500,000 in 2025.
BS40 had 13,513 usual residents at the census.
About 92% of people in BS40 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BS40, 85.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.