# BS22

Postcode district covering Weston-super-Mare, Worle and Milton, in North Somerset.

BS22 is a postcode district covering Weston-super-Mare, Worle and Milton, in North Somerset. Median sale price £271,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code BS22. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [BS](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs)

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 BS22 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £271,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in BS22 was £271,000 in 2025. 925th cheapest 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/bs22#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 37,923** (2021). BS22 had 37,923 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 521st 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/bs22#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 66%** (2022). About 66% of people in BS22 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/bs22#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.7%** (January 2026). In BS22, 93.7% 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/bs22#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=BS22) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 66% of people in BS22 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=BS22) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 733 homes were sold in BS22 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=BS22) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for BS22.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=BS22) (Census 2021, England and Wales): BS22 had 37,923 usual residents at the census.

## How BS22 compares

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

| Measure | BS22 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £271,000 | 2nd cheapest | 37 postcode districts, BS · 2025 |
| Population | 37,923 | 8th most populated | 38 postcode districts, BS · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 66% | 7th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 38 postcode districts, BS · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 93.7% | 12th highest | 38 postcode districts, BS · Jan 2026 |

## Is BS22 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BS22 at a rate of 67.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.6 per 1,000 people across the BS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 179 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BS22.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,193), other crime (480) and anti-social behaviour (303).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BS22 was 71.8 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 BS22, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BS22 has no single figure. Of its 28 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in BS22

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [North Somerset 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014773) | 1,767 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 77.3% |
| [North Somerset 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014774) | 1,870 | 179.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 78.3% |
| [North Somerset 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014821) | 1,130 | 30.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.5% |
| [North Somerset 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014822) | 1,402 | 25.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| [North Somerset 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014823) | 1,261 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.4% |
| [North Somerset 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014824) | 1,442 | 33.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.1% |
| [North Somerset 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014825) | 1,221 | 34.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 81.5% |
| [North Somerset 015F](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014826) | 1,468 | 45.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.1% |
| [North Somerset 015G](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014827) | 1,363 | 86.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.5% |
| [North Somerset 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014817) | 1,571 | 49.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 83.5% |
| [North Somerset 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014820) | 1,476 | 122.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 74.4% |
| [North Somerset 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014835) | 1,403 | 99.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.3% |
| [North Somerset 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014836) | 1,440 | 36.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.7% |
| [North Somerset 016E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014838) | 1,393 | 49.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [North Somerset 016F](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014840) | 1,377 | 40.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [North Somerset 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014812) | 1,419 | 36.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [North Somerset 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014813) | 1,805 | 92.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [North Somerset 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014815) | 1,378 | 101.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| [North Somerset 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014816) | 1,482 | 28.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [North Somerset 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014818) | 1,757 | 37.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| [North Somerset 017F](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014819) | 1,550 | 49.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.9% |
| [North Somerset 026A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014839) | 1,581 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [North Somerset 026B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01032666) | 1,300 | 49.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.3% |
| [North Somerset 026C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01032667) | 1,157 | 86.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.1% |
| [North Somerset 026D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01032668) | 1,492 | 48.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.9% |
| [North Somerset 026F](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01032673) | 1,343 | 144.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.1% |
| [North Somerset 027E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01032679) | 1,182 | 40.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [North Somerset 027F](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01035215) | 1,474 | 162.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.5% |

## Your MP

- [Weston-super-Mare](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/weston-super-mare): Dan Aldridge (Labour), MP since July 2024.

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

## Middle areas in BS22

[Congresbury & Kewstoke](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/congresbury-and-kewstoke), [Mid Worle](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/mid-worle), [North Worle](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/north-worle), [South Worle, West Wick & St Georges](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/south-worle-west-wick-and-st-georges), [Weston Milton](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/weston-milton)

## Postcode sectors in BS22

[BS22 6 (221 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs22-6), [BS22 7 (209 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs22-7), [BS22 8 (256 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs22-8), [BS22 9 (260 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs22-9)

## Council

[North Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset)

## Towns in BS22

[Weston-super-Mare](https://openindex.co.uk/town/weston-super-mare)

## Postcode districts next to BS22

[BS21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs21), [BS23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs23), [BS24](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs24)

## Nearest rail stations

[Worle (2.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.9096,51.3580), [Weston Milton (2.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.9424,51.3485), [Weston-Super-Mare (4.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.9717,51.3443)

## More in the BS postcode area

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

## BS22 in brief

BS22 is a postcode district covering Weston-super-Mare, Worle and Milton, in North Somerset.
About 38,116 people lived in BS22 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £271,000 in 2025 across 733 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 67.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BS22 was £271,000 in 2025.
BS22 had 37,923 usual residents at the census.
About 66% of people in BS22 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BS22, 93.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: BS22
- Postcode area: [BS](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs)
- Constituency: [Weston-super-Mare †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/weston-super-mare)
- Council: [North Somerset †](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset)
- Area: 24.23 km²
- People, mid-2024: 38,116*
- Neighbourhoods: 28
- Output areas: 132

* 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

[BS24](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs24), [BS23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs23), [BS21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs21)

## Latest updates for BS22

- 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/BS22

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs22, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs22#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs22