BA21
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Yeovil, Little Lyde and Hollands, in 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 BA21 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BA21, 98.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BA21 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BA21 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BA21 at a rate of 87.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 85.4 per 1,000 people across BA.
In August 2026 alone, 243 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BA21.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,393), other crime (517) and shoplifting (418).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BA21 was 84.9 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 BA21, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BA21 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BA21
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Somerset 011A | 1,479 | 87.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.2% |
| South Somerset 011B | 1,369 | 62.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| South Somerset 011D | 1,327 | 29.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| South Somerset 011E | 1,517 | 88.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| South Somerset 011F | 2,052 | 36.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.5% |
| South Somerset 012B | 1,558 | 137.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| South Somerset 012C | 1,318 | 76.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.9% |
| South Somerset 012D | 1,776 | 27.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.9% |
| South Somerset 012E | 1,646 | 46.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| South Somerset 013A | 1,559 | 39.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| South Somerset 013B | 1,505 | 57.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.7% |
| South Somerset 013C | 1,598 | 111.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| South Somerset 013D | 1,348 | 64.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| South Somerset 014A | 1,483 | 193.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.9% |
| South Somerset 014B | 1,755 | 76.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.3% |
| South Somerset 014C | 1,396 | 77.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.0% |
| South Somerset 014D | 1,501 | 92.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.9% |
| South Somerset 014E | 1,730 | 259.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.8% |
| South Somerset 015A | 1,582 | 110.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.2% |
| South Somerset 015C | 1,795 | 144.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.7% |
| South Somerset 015D | 1,603 | 91.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| South Somerset 016D | 1,344 | 63.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
MPs for BA21
- Adam DanceLiberal DemocratMP for Yeovil97% of BA21’s postcodes
- Sarah DykeLiberal DemocratMP for Glastonbury and Somerton2.6% of BA21’s postcodes
- Edward MorelloLiberal DemocratMP for West Dorset0.8% of BA21’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 BA215
Postcode sectors in BA213
Council1
Towns in BA211
Postcode districts next to BA213
Nearest rail stations2
More in the BA postcode area2
BA21 in brief
BA21 is a postcode district covering Yeovil, Little Lyde and Hollands, in Somerset.
About 36,345 people lived in BA21 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £220,000 in 2025 across 517 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 87.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BA21 was £220,000 in 2025.
BA21 had 35,524 usual residents at the census.
In BA21, 98.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BA21, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.