# BA12

Postcode district covering Warminster, Bell Hill and Wilson and Kennards Yard, in Wiltshire.

BA12 is a postcode district covering Warminster, Bell Hill and Wilson and Kennards Yard, in Wiltshire. Median sale price £311,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code BA12. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [BA](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba)

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 BA12 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £311,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in BA12 was £311,000 in 2025. Joint 1,017th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba12#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 29,407** (2021). BA12 had 29,407 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 953rd most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba12#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 20%** (2022). About 20% of people in BA12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba12#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 78.7%** (January 2026). In BA12, 78.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba12#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=BA12) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 20% of people in BA12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=BA12) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 473 homes were sold in BA12 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=BA12) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for BA12.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=BA12) (Census 2021, England and Wales): BA12 had 29,407 usual residents at the census.

## How BA12 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | BA12 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £311,000 | 7th most expensive | 19 postcode districts, BA · 2025 |
| Population | 29,407 | 7th most populated | 19 postcode districts, BA · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 20% | 2nd fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 19 postcode districts, BA · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 78.7% | 7th lowest | 19 postcode districts, BA · Jan 2026 |

## Is BA12 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BA12 at a rate of 63.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 85.4 per 1,000 people across the BA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 163 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BA12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (641), anti-social behaviour (334) and other crime (329).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BA12 was 71.2 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 BA12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BA12 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in BA12

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Wiltshire 042A](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032104) | 1,530 | 61.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.3% |
| [Wiltshire 042B](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032105) | 1,456 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.1% |
| [Wiltshire 042C](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032107) | 1,307 | 24.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.0% |
| [Wiltshire 042D](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032108) | 1,296 | 76.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.1% |
| [Wiltshire 043A](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032110) | 2,384 | 45.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.6% |
| [Wiltshire 043B](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032111) | 1,303 | 75.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.0% |
| [Wiltshire 043C](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032112) | 1,440 | 32.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.3% |
| [Wiltshire 043D](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032113) | 1,344 | 55.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.6% |
| [Wiltshire 044A](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032103) | 1,696 | 247.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 77.5% |
| [Wiltshire 044B](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032106) | 1,500 | 47.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.0% |
| [Wiltshire 044C](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032109) | 1,430 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.6% |
| [Wiltshire 044D](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032114) | 1,491 | 69.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 77.6% |
| [Wiltshire 047A](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032051) | 1,393 | 56.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 34.8% |
| [Wiltshire 047B](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032075) | 1,307 | 54.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.2% |
| [Wiltshire 047C](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032076) | 1,215 | 25.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.6% |
| [Wiltshire 047D](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032081) | 1,321 | 61.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 41.7% |
| [Wiltshire 047E](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032082) | 1,198 | 60.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.6% |
| [Wiltshire 050B](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032035) | 1,667 | 31.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 53.5% |
| [Wiltshire 050C](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032036) | 1,435 | 64.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 49.9% |
| [Wiltshire 050D](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032037) | 1,513 | 78.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 37.8% |

## Your MP

- [South West Wiltshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-west-wiltshire): Dr Andrew Murrison (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 96% of the people here.
- [Salisbury](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/salisbury): John Glen (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 3.6% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in BA12

[Mere & East Knoyle](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/mere-and-east-knoyle), [Warminster Central](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/warminster-central), [Warminster East](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/warminster-east), [Warminster West & North](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/warminster-west-and-north), [Wylye Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/wylye-valley)

## Postcode sectors in BA12

[BA12 0 (229 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba12-0), [BA12 2 (8 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba12-2), [BA12 6 (218 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba12-6), [BA12 7 (210 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba12-7), [BA12 8 (286 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba12-8), [BA12 9 (195 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba12-9)

## Council

[Wiltshire](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire)

## Towns in BA12

[Warminster](https://openindex.co.uk/town/warminster)

## Postcode districts next to BA12

[BA9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba9), [BA10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba10), [BA11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba11), [BA13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba13), [SN10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn10), [SP3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp3), [SP7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp7), [SP8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp8)

## Nearest rail stations

[Warminster (3.5 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.1767,51.2068)

## More in the BA postcode area

[All BA postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## BA12 in brief

BA12 is a postcode district covering Warminster, Bell Hill and Wilson and Kennards Yard, in Wiltshire.
About 30,081 people lived in BA12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £311,000 in 2025 across 473 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 63.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BA12 was £311,000 in 2025.
BA12 had 29,407 usual residents at the census.
About 20% of people in BA12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BA12, 78.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: BA12
- Postcode area: [BA](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba)
- Constituency: [South West Wiltshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-west-wiltshire)
- Council: [Wiltshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire)
- Area: 356 km²
- People, mid-2024: 30,081*
- Neighbourhoods: 20
- Output areas: 99

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[SP3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp3), [BA13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba13), [BA11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba11), [SP8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp8), [SN10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn10), [BA9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba9)

## Latest updates for BA12

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/BA12

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba12, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba12#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba12