# Chipping Sodbury Town in South Gloucestershire, South West. Chipping Sodbury is a town in South Gloucestershire, South West. Median sale price £360,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 53.0 per 1,000 people. About 8,090 people. Town. Code E63004892. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [South Gloucestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire) Chipping Sodbury is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Chipping Sodbury add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £360,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Chipping Sodbury was £360,000 in 2025. Joint 251st most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/chipping-sodbury#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 8,026** (2021). Chipping Sodbury had 8,026 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 60th least populated of 1,209. 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/town/chipping-sodbury#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Chipping Sodbury 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/town/chipping-sodbury#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 92.3%** (January 2026). In Chipping Sodbury, 92.3% 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/town/chipping-sodbury#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=E63004892) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Chipping Sodbury live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=E63004892) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 135 homes were sold in Chipping Sodbury in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=E63004892) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Chipping Sodbury. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=E63004892) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Chipping Sodbury had 8,026 usual residents at the census. ## How Chipping Sodbury compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Chipping Sodbury | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £360,000 | 16th most expensive | 116 towns, South West · 2025 | | Population | 8,026 | 6th least populated | 116 towns, South West · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 116 towns, South West · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 92.3% | 39th highest | 116 towns, South West · Jan 2026 | ## Is Chipping Sodbury safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Chipping Sodbury at a rate of 53.0 per 1,000 people. That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across South West. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 28 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Chipping Sodbury. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (196), other crime (86) and anti-social behaviour (56). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Chipping Sodbury was 63.5 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 Chipping Sodbury, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Chipping Sodbury has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood - 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 Chipping Sodbury | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [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 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01015012) | 1,784 | 56.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.1% | ## 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. ## Council [South Gloucestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire) ## Postcode districts covering Chipping Sodbury [BS37](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs37) ## Middle areas in Chipping Sodbury [Chipping Sodbury](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/chipping-sodbury) ## Towns near Chipping Sodbury [Yate](https://openindex.co.uk/town/yate), [Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/frampton-cotterell-and-winterbourne), [Kingswood and Fishponds](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kingswood-and-fishponds), [Bradley Stoke](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bradley-stoke), [Stoke Gifford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stoke-gifford), [Thornbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thornbury) ## Chipping Sodbury in brief Chipping Sodbury is a town in South Gloucestershire, South West. About 8,090 people lived in Chipping Sodbury in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £360,000 in 2025 across 135 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 53.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Chipping Sodbury was £360,000 in 2025. Chipping Sodbury had 8,026 usual residents at the census. About 100% of people in Chipping Sodbury live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Chipping Sodbury, 92.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63004892 - Constituency: [Thornbury and Yate †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/thornbury-and-yate) - Council: [South Gloucestershire †](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire) - Region: [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 2.10 km² - People, mid-2024: 8,090* - Neighbourhoods: 5 - Output areas: 28 * 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 and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Yate](https://openindex.co.uk/town/yate), [Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/frampton-cotterell-and-winterbourne), [Kingswood and Fishponds](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kingswood-and-fishponds), [Bradley Stoke](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bradley-stoke), [Stoke Gifford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stoke-gifford), [Thornbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thornbury) ## Latest updates for Chipping Sodbury - 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/E63004892 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. 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