# BS37

Postcode district covering Yate, Chipping Sodbury and Engine Common, in South Gloucestershire.

BS37 is a postcode district covering Yate, Chipping Sodbury and Engine Common, in South Gloucestershire. Median sale price £310,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code BS37. 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 BS37 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £310,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in BS37 was £310,000 in 2025. Joint 1,022nd 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/bs37#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 40,867** (2021). BS37 had 40,867 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 430th 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/bs37#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 99%** (2022). About 99% of people in BS37 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/bs37#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.7%** (January 2026). In BS37, 90.7% 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/bs37#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=BS37) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 99% of people in BS37 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=BS37) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 735 homes were sold in BS37 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=BS37) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for BS37.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=BS37) (Census 2021, England and Wales): BS37 had 40,867 usual residents at the census.

## How BS37 compares

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

| Measure | BS37 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £310,000 | 10th cheapest | 37 postcode districts, BS · 2025 |
| Population | 40,867 | 7th most populated | 38 postcode districts, BS · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 99% | joint 14th most people in radon Affected Areas | 38 postcode districts, BS · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 90.7% | 19th lowest | 38 postcode districts, BS · Jan 2026 |

## Is BS37 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BS37 at a rate of 70.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.6 per 1,000 people across the BS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 246 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BS37.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,338), other crime (507) and anti-social behaviour (431).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BS37 was 76.8 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 BS37, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BS37 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in BS37

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [South Gloucestershire 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01014929) | 2,262 | 71.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 57.1% |
| [South Gloucestershire 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01015014) | 2,999 | 111.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.4% |
| [South Gloucestershire 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01015015) | 1,586 | 50.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.0% |
| [South Gloucestershire 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01015016) | 1,117 | 24.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| [South Gloucestershire 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01015017) | 1,423 | 252.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 71.4% |
| [South Gloucestershire 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01015018) | 1,488 | 41.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.6% |
| [South Gloucestershire 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01015019) | 1,636 | 98.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.2% |
| [South Gloucestershire 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01015020) | 1,571 | 80.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.0% |
| [South Gloucestershire 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01015021) | 1,508 | 49.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.4% |
| [South Gloucestershire 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01015022) | 1,587 | 23.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| [South Gloucestershire 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01014886) | 1,787 | 79.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.6% |
| [South Gloucestershire 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01014887) | 1,397 | 20.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.2% |
| [South Gloucestershire 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01014888) | 1,861 | 68.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.4% |
| [South Gloucestershire 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01014889) | 1,457 | 43.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.2% |
| [South Gloucestershire 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01015009) | 1,373 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.1% |
| [South Gloucestershire 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01015010) | 1,369 | 30.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| [South Gloucestershire 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01015011) | 1,782 | 107.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.8% |
| [South Gloucestershire 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01015012) | 1,784 | 56.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.1% |
| [South Gloucestershire 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01015013) | 1,321 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [South Gloucestershire 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01014892) | 1,795 | 88.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.7% |
| [South Gloucestershire 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01014893) | 1,472 | 49.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [South Gloucestershire 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01014894) | 1,205 | 31.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| [South Gloucestershire 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01014895) | 1,411 | 54.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| [South Gloucestershire 014E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01014896) | 1,300 | 25.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.4% |

## Your MP

- [Thornbury and Yate](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/thornbury-and-yate): Claire Young (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 BS37

[Chipping Sodbury](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/chipping-sodbury), [Yate Kingsgate](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/yate-kingsgate), [Yate North](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/yate-north), [Yate South](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/yate-south), [Yate West](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/yate-west)

## Postcode sectors in BS37

[BS37 0 (46 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs37-0), [BS37 4 (188 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs37-4), [BS37 5 (176 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs37-5), [BS37 6 (248 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs37-6), [BS37 7 (244 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs37-7), [BS37 8 (111 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs37-8), [BS37 9 (53 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs37-9)

## Council

[South Gloucestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire)

## Towns in BS37

[Chipping Sodbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chipping-sodbury), [Yate](https://openindex.co.uk/town/yate)

## Postcode districts next to BS37

[BS16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs16), [BS35](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs35), [BS36](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs36), [GL9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl9), [GL12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl12), [SN14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn14)

## Nearest rail stations

[Yate (3.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.4325,51.5406)

## 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)

## BS37 in brief

BS37 is a postcode district covering Yate, Chipping Sodbury and Engine Common, in South Gloucestershire.
About 43,617 people lived in BS37 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £310,000 in 2025 across 735 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 70.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BS37 was £310,000 in 2025.
BS37 had 40,867 usual residents at the census.
About 99% of people in BS37 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BS37, 90.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: BS37
- Postcode area: [BS](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs)
- Constituency: [Thornbury and Yate †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/thornbury-and-yate)
- Council: [South Gloucestershire †](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire)
- Area: 84.63 km²
- People, mid-2024: 43,617*
- Neighbourhoods: 24
- Output areas: 134

* 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

[GL9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl9), [GL12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl12), [BS36](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs36), [SN14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn14), [BS35](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs35), [BS16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs16)

## Latest updates for BS37

- 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/BS37

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs37, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs37#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 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs37
