BS20
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Portishead, West Hill and Redcliffe Bay, in North 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 BS20 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BS20, 86.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BS20 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BS20 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BS20 at a rate of 72.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.6 per 1,000 people across BS.
In August 2026 alone, 141 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BS20.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (993), other crime (427) and anti-social behaviour (385).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BS20 was 69.5 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 BS20, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BS20 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BS20
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Somerset 001B | 1,572 | 56.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 79.4% |
| North Somerset 001C | 1,477 | 71.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.3% |
| North Somerset 001D | 1,814 | 121.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.4% |
| North Somerset 001E | 1,607 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.1% |
| North Somerset 001F | 2,000 | 91.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 82.9% |
| North Somerset 001G | 1,310 | 234.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 69.1% |
| North Somerset 002A | 1,363 | 20.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.6% |
| North Somerset 002B | 1,525 | 148.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| North Somerset 002C | 1,766 | 24.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.0% |
| North Somerset 002D | 1,487 | 17.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% |
| North Somerset 003B | 1,814 | 43.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.1% |
| North Somerset 003C | 1,790 | 42.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.7% |
| North Somerset 003D | 1,946 | 110.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 78.2% |
| North Somerset 003E | 1,584 | 32.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| North Somerset 003F | 1,049 | 46.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.2% |
| North Somerset 004B | 1,363 | 30.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 82.6% |
| North Somerset 004C | 1,684 | 125.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.1% |
| North Somerset 004D | 1,907 | 89.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 84.1% |
| North Somerset 006H | 1,331 | 34.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.9% |
| North Somerset 006I | 1,818 | 77.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 78.0% |
Your MP
- Sadik Al-HassanLabourMP for North Somerset
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 BS205
Postcode sectors in BS205
Council1
Towns in BS201
Postcode districts next to BS204
Nearest rail stations1
More in the BS postcode area2
BS20 in brief
BS20 is a postcode district covering Portishead, West Hill and Redcliffe Bay, in North Somerset.
About 33,136 people lived in BS20 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £385,500 in 2025 across 558 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 72.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BS20 was £385,500 in 2025.
BS20 had 32,838 usual residents at the census.
In BS20, 86.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BS20, 1.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.