BS8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bristol, Clifton and Victoria Park, in Bristol and 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 BS8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BS8, 93.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BS8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
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
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BS8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol 026A | 1,803 | 91.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.7% |
| Bristol 026B | 1,847 | 149.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% |
| Bristol 026C | 1,913 | 75.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
| Bristol 026D | 1,787 | 146.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.8% |
| Bristol 026E | 1,790 | 70.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Bristol 030A | 1,136 | 85.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.7% |
| Bristol 030B | 1,871 | 64.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.1% |
| Bristol 030C | 1,545 | 96.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.8% |
| Bristol 030D | 1,658 | 61.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.5% |
| Bristol 034A | 1,656 | 84.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.6% |
| Bristol 034B | 1,166 | 98.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.0% |
| Bristol 034C | 2,214 | 74.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.8% |
| Bristol 034D | 1,887 | 29.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.1% |
| Bristol 060A | 1,806 | 64.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.0% |
| North Somerset 004A | 1,432 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 77.6% |
| North Somerset 006B | 1,809 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 83.3% |
MPs for BS8
- Carla DenyerGreen PartyMP for Bristol Central86% of BS8’s postcodes
- Sadik Al-HassanLabourMP for North Somerset13% of BS8’s postcodes
- Darren JonesLabourMP for Bristol North West0.1% of BS8’s postcodes
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 BS83
Postcode sectors in BS85
Councils BS8 covers2
Towns in BS81
Postcode districts next to BS88
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BS postcode area2
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.
In BS8, 93.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BS8, 1.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.