# BS28 4QP: area report for a postcode in Somerset

BS28 4QP is a postcode in Somerset.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Somerset. Open the map at BS28 4QP for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset) › [BS28](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs28) › [BS28 4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs28-4)

## Around this postcode

- **0 crimes within 500 m**: August, none in July either. Sedgemoor 003C: 43 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.8257,51.2436,BS284QP
- **Highbridge and Burnham, 11 km**: The nearest station, in a straight line. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.8257,51.2436,BS284QP
- **No schools within 800 m**: None found within 1.6 km. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.8257,51.2436,BS284QP
- **No property in BS28 4QP listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-2.8257,51.2436,BS284QP
- **England’s least deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Sedgemoor 003C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.8257,51.2436,BS284QP
- **£282,062 average price**: For the whole of Somerset, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.8257,51.2436,BS284QP
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: None found within 2 km. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.8257,51.2436,BS284QP
- **No supermarkets within 1 km**: None found within 2 km. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.8257,51.2436,BS284QP
- **80% can get gigabit broadband at BS28 4QP**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.8257,51.2436,BS284QP
- **Moderate road and rail noise at BS28 4QP**: Road 55 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.8257,51.2436,BS284QP
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 3 of 6**: 3% to 5% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-2.8257,51.2436,BS284QP
- **5.1 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.8257,51.2436,BS284QP

## Within 1 km

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £282,062** (July 2026). Somerset’s average house price was £282,062 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 3.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £36,279** (2025). Full-time workers living in Somerset earned a median of £36,279 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 103rd lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 7.8×** (2025). A home in Somerset costs 7.8 times local full-time pay. Joint 143rd least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 19.1** (2025). Somerset has a deprivation score of 19.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 143rd most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Sedgemoor 003C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 11.5** (2025). Sedgemoor 003C has a deprivation score of 11.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 10,536th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £570,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Sedgemoor 003C was £570,000 in 2025. Joint 3,158th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,569** (2021). Sedgemoor 003C had 1,569 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 19,761st most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 88.6%** (January 2026). In Sedgemoor 003C, 88.6% 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.

## BS28 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £610,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in BS28 was £610,000 in 2025. Joint 141st most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 3,288** (2021). BS28 had 3,288 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 354th 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.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 82%** (2022). About 82% of people in BS28 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.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.4%** (January 2026). In BS28, 90.4% 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.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset)
- Centre: 51.2436, -2.8257

Council: [Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## 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.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-2.8257,51.2436,BS284QP

## How to cite

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