BA4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Shepton Mallet, 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 BA4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BA4, 63.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BA4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BA4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BA4 at a rate of 69.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 85.4 per 1,000 people across BA.
In August 2026 alone, 88 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BA4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (619), other crime (220) and anti-social behaviour (164).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BA4 was 75.4 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 BA4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BA4 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BA4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mendip 006C | 1,506 | 75.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 57.3% |
| Mendip 009A | 1,530 | 152.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 38.0% |
| Mendip 009B | 2,591 | 75.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.1% |
| Mendip 009C | 1,541 | 37.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.0% |
| Mendip 009D | 1,724 | 109.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 82.1% |
| Mendip 009E | 1,702 | 99.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 79.7% |
| Mendip 010B | 1,252 | 62.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 78.8% |
| Mendip 010C | 1,570 | 48.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 54.7% |
| Mendip 010D | 1,119 | 48.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 67.2% |
| Mendip 013B | 2,190 | 45.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 24.9% |
| Mendip 013C | 2,102 | 33.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 78.2% |
MPs for BA4
- Tessa MuntLiberal DemocratMP for Wells and Mendip Hills60% of BA4’s postcodes
- Anna SabineLiberal DemocratMP for Frome and East Somerset40% of BA4’s postcodes
- Sarah DykeLiberal DemocratMP for Glastonbury and Somerton0.2% of BA4’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 BA43
Postcode sectors in BA44
Council1
Towns in BA41
Postcode districts next to BA47
More in the BA postcode area2
BA4 in brief
BA4 is a postcode district covering Shepton Mallet, in Somerset.
About 18,688 people lived in BA4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £293,000 in 2025 across 243 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 69.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BA4 was £293,000 in 2025.
BA4 had 18,439 usual residents at the census.
In BA4, 63.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BA4, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.