BS5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bristol, Upper Easton and Lower Easton, 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 BS5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 77% of people in BS5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BS5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BS5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BS5 at a rate of 155.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.6 per 1,000 people across the BS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 706 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BS5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,240), other crime (1,731) and anti-social behaviour (1,218).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BS5 was 143.9 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 BS5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BS5 has no single figure. Of its 30 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BS5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol 014D | 2,200 | 432.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.4% |
| Bristol 019C | 1,613 | 313.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Bristol 019D | 2,247 | 96.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.5% |
| Bristol 021C | 2,713 | 114.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 81.5% |
| Bristol 027D | 1,578 | 86.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.9% |
| Bristol 028A | 1,727 | 86.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.2% |
| Bristol 028B | 1,881 | 95.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.4% |
| Bristol 028C | 1,700 | 130.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% |
| Bristol 028D | 1,894 | 58.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.8% |
| Bristol 028E | 1,593 | 229.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.4% |
| Bristol 029A | 1,763 | 145.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Bristol 029B | 1,699 | 139.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.6% |
| Bristol 029C | 1,935 | 107.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| Bristol 029D | 2,523 | 255.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.3% |
| Bristol 029E | 1,940 | 123.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.1% |
| Bristol 033A | 1,563 | 53.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 71.5% |
| Bristol 033B | 1,679 | 87.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.0% |
| Bristol 033C | 1,592 | 56.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.5% |
| Bristol 033D | 1,301 | 28.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.4% |
| Bristol 055A | 1,920 | 103.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Bristol 055B | 2,774 | 200.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.4% |
| Bristol 055C | 2,584 | 147.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Bristol 056A | 2,535 | 243.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 91.6% |
| Bristol 056B | 2,510 | 232.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.2% |
| Bristol 056C | 1,726 | 177.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.0% |
| Bristol 056D | 1,458 | 180.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.8% |
| Bristol 057A | 2,590 | 181.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.0% |
| Bristol 057B | 2,266 | 153.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.3% |
| Bristol 057C | 1,993 | 90.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.1% |
| Bristol 057D | 2,319 | 201.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.6% |
MPs for BS5
- Kerry McCarthyLabourMP for Bristol East84% of BS5’s postcodes
- Damien EganLabourMP for Bristol North East16% of BS5’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 BS56
Postcode sectors in BS56
Council1
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Postcode districts next to BS56
Nearest rail stations4
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BS5 in brief
BS5 is a postcode district covering Bristol, Upper Easton and Lower Easton, in Bristol.
About 58,924 people lived in BS5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £340,000 in 2025 across 766 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 155.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BS5 was £340,000 in 2025.
BS5 had 57,035 usual residents at the census.
About 77% of people in BS5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BS5, 94.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.