# BS25

Postcode district covering Winscombe, Sandford and Shipham, in North Somerset and Somerset.

BS25 is a postcode district covering Winscombe, Sandford and Shipham, in North Somerset and Somerset. Median sale price £482,250 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code BS25. 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 BS25 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £482,250** (2025). The median price paid for a home in BS25 was £482,250 in 2025. 326th 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/bs25#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 6,938** (2021). BS25 had 6,938 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 574th least 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/bs25#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 92%** (2022). About 92% of people in BS25 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/bs25#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 87.2%** (January 2026). In BS25, 87.2% 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/bs25#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=BS25) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 92% of people in BS25 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=BS25) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 142 homes were sold in BS25 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=BS25) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for BS25.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=BS25) (Census 2021, England and Wales): BS25 had 6,938 usual residents at the census.

## How BS25 compares

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

| Measure | BS25 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £482,250 | 5th most expensive | 37 postcode districts, BS · 2025 |
| Population | 6,938 | 6th least populated | 38 postcode districts, BS · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 92% | joint 16th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 38 postcode districts, BS · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 87.2% | 13th lowest | 38 postcode districts, BS · Jan 2026 |

## Is BS25 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BS25 at a rate of 43.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.6 per 1,000 people across the BS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 20 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BS25.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (148), other crime (62) and anti-social behaviour (30).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BS25 was 38.8 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 BS25, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BS25 has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in BS25

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [North Somerset 024A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014741) | 1,509 | 40.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.6% |
| [North Somerset 024B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014742) | 1,517 | 30.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.5% |
| [North Somerset 024C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014745) | 1,726 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 80.7% |
| [North Somerset 024F](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014749) | 1,440 | 45.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.3% |
| [Sedgemoor 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset/neighbourhood/e01029128) | 1,882 | 49.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.4% |

## Your MP

- [Wells and Mendip Hills](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wells-and-mendip-hills): Tessa Munt (Liberal Democrat), 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 BS25

[Winscombe, Langford & Blagdon](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/winscombe-langford-and-blagdon)

## Postcode sectors in BS25

[BS25 1 (193 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs25-1), [BS25 5 (87 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs25-5), [BS25 9 (2 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs25-9)

## Councils BS25 covers

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

## Postcode districts next to BS25

[BS24](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs24), [BS26](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs26), [BS27](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs27), [BS29](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs29), [BS40](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs40), [BS49](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs49)

## 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)

## BS25 in brief

BS25 is a postcode district covering Winscombe, Sandford and Shipham, in North Somerset and Somerset.
About 7,494 people lived in BS25 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £482,250 in 2025 across 142 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 43.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BS25 was £482,250 in 2025.
BS25 had 6,938 usual residents at the census.
About 92% of people in BS25 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BS25, 87.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: BS25
- Postcode area: [BS](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs)
- Constituency: [Wells and Mendip Hills †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wells-and-mendip-hills)
- Council: [North Somerset †](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset)
- Area: 29.32 km²
- People, mid-2024: 7,494*
- Neighbourhoods: 5
- Output areas: 22

* 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

[BS40](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs40), [BS26](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs26), [BS24](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs24), [BS27](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs27), [BS49](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs49), [BS29](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs29)

## Latest updates for BS25

- 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/BS25

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs25, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs25#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 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs25