# BS8

Postcode district covering Bristol, Clifton and Victoria Park, in Bristol and North Somerset.

BS8 is a postcode district covering Bristol, Clifton and Victoria Park, in Bristol and North Somerset. Median sale price £447,500 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code BS8. 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 BS8 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £447,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in BS8 was £447,500 in 2025. Joint 441st 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/bs8#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 27,057** (2021). BS8 had 27,057 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,077th 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/bs8#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in BS8 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/bs8#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.6%** (January 2026). In BS8, 93.6% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs8#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=BS8) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in BS8 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=BS8) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 407 homes were sold in BS8 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=BS8) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for BS8.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=BS8) (Census 2021, England and Wales): BS8 had 27,057 usual residents at the census.

## How BS8 compares

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

| Measure | BS8 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £447,500 | 7th most expensive | 37 postcode districts, BS · 2025 |
| Population | 27,057 | 18th most populated | 38 postcode districts, BS · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 38 postcode districts, BS · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 93.6% | 13th highest | 38 postcode districts, BS · Jan 2026 |

## Is BS8 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BS8 at a rate of 96.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.6 per 1,000 people across the BS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 197 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BS8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (701), other crime (481) and vehicle crime (381).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BS8 was 82.1 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 BS8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BS8 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 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 BS8

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bristol 026A](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol/neighbourhood/e01014551) | 1,803 | 91.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.7% |
| [Bristol 026B](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol/neighbourhood/e01014552) | 1,847 | 149.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% |
| [Bristol 026C](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol/neighbourhood/e01014553) | 1,913 | 75.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
| [Bristol 026D](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol/neighbourhood/e01014554) | 1,787 | 146.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.8% |
| [Bristol 026E](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol/neighbourhood/e01014556) | 1,790 | 70.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| [Bristol 030A](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol/neighbourhood/e01014544) | 1,136 | 85.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.7% |
| [Bristol 030B](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol/neighbourhood/e01014545) | 1,871 | 64.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.1% |
| [Bristol 030C](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol/neighbourhood/e01014546) | 1,545 | 96.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.8% |
| [Bristol 030D](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol/neighbourhood/e01014547) | 1,658 | 61.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.5% |
| [Bristol 034A](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol/neighbourhood/e01014548) | 1,656 | 84.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.6% |
| [Bristol 034B](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol/neighbourhood/e01014549) | 1,166 | 98.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.0% |
| [Bristol 034C](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol/neighbourhood/e01014550) | 2,214 | 74.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.8% |
| [Bristol 034D](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol/neighbourhood/e01014555) | 1,887 | 29.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.1% |
| [Bristol 060A](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol/neighbourhood/e01014538) | 1,806 | 64.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.0% |
| [North Somerset 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014766) | 1,432 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 77.6% |
| [North Somerset 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014849) | 1,809 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 83.3% |

## Your MP

- [Bristol Central](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bristol-central): Carla Denyer (Green Party), MP since July 2024. 86% of the people here.
- [North Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-somerset): Sadik Al-Hassan (Labour), MP since July 2024. 13% of the people here.
- [Bristol North West](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bristol-north-west): Darren Jones (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.1% of the people here.

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

## Middle areas in BS8

[Clifton East](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol/clifton-east), [Clifton Village](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol/clifton-village), [Hotwells](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol/hotwells)

## Postcode sectors in BS8

[BS8 1 (179 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs8-1), [BS8 2 (189 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs8-2), [BS8 3 (232 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs8-3), [BS8 4 (211 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs8-4), [BS8 9 (15 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs8-9)

## Councils BS8 covers

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

## Towns in BS8

[Bristol](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol)

## Postcode districts next to BS8

[BS1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs1), [BS2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs2), [BS3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs3), [BS6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs6), [BS9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs9), [BS11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs11), [BS20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs20), [BS48](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs48)

## Nearest rail stations

[Sea Mills (2.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.6500,51.4800), [Shirehampton (2.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.6793,51.4843), [Portway Park and Ride (3.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.6876,51.4881), [Clifton Down (3.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.6117,51.4645)

## 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)

## BS8 in brief

BS8 is a postcode district covering Bristol, Clifton and Victoria Park, in Bristol and North Somerset.
About 27,823 people lived in BS8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £447,500 in 2025 across 407 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 96.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BS8 was £447,500 in 2025.
BS8 had 27,057 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in BS8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BS8, 93.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: BS8
- Postcode area: [BS](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs)
- Constituency: [Bristol Central †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bristol-central)
- Council: [Bristol †](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol)
- Area: 22.11 km²
- People, mid-2024: 27,823*
- Neighbourhoods: 16
- Output areas: 89

* 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

[BS48](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs48), [BS20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs20), [BS9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs9), [BS1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs1), [BS6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs6), [BS2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs2)

## Latest updates for BS8

- 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/BS8

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs8, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs8#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/bs8