BS48
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Nailsea, East End and Backwell, in North Somerset.
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 BS48 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BS48, 88.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BS48 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BS48 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BS48 at a rate of 56.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.6 per 1,000 people across the BS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 111 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BS48.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (461), other crime (291) and anti-social behaviour (242).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BS48 was 44.7 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 BS48, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BS48 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BS48
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Somerset 006E | 1,653 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 72.5% |
| North Somerset 008A | 1,622 | 128.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.4% |
| North Somerset 008B | 1,731 | 58.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.7% |
| North Somerset 008C | 1,348 | 25.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| North Somerset 008D | 1,542 | 36.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.5% |
| North Somerset 008E | 1,630 | 29.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |
| North Somerset 008F | 1,376 | 58.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.6% |
| North Somerset 009A | 1,211 | 18.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| North Somerset 009B | 1,216 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.2% |
| North Somerset 009C | 1,472 | 47.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| North Somerset 009D | 1,278 | 25.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.6% |
| North Somerset 009E | 1,113 | 137.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.8% |
| North Somerset 011A | 1,608 | 29.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.5% |
| North Somerset 011B | 1,523 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.3% |
| North Somerset 011C | 1,584 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 76.4% |
| North Somerset 011D | 1,484 | 44.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.5% |
Your MP
- Sadik Al-HassanLabourMP for North Somerset
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in BS483
Postcode sectors in BS485
Council1
Towns in BS481
Postcode districts next to BS487
Nearest rail stations2
More in the BS postcode area2
BS48 in brief
BS48 is a postcode district covering Nailsea, East End and Backwell, in North Somerset.
About 24,192 people lived in BS48 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £400,000 in 2025 across 431 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 56.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BS48 was £400,000 in 2025.
BS48 had 23,536 usual residents at the census.
In BS48, 88.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BS48, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.