Bristol
Bristol is covered by postcode districts BS1, BS3, BS4, BS5, BS6, BS9 and 12 more. It is mostly in the City of Bristol council area: 10,476 of its 10,536 postcodes. The others are in South Gloucestershire, Bath and North East Somerset and North Somerset.
Every postcode in Bristol, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 424
- In use before 2020: 10,112
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 10,536 postcodes in Bristol that ONS places, 424 are new since 2020 and 10,112 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.4577, longitude -2.5932. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 25 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BS13 0FD, is the newest of them.
- 24 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BS2 0PP, is the newest of them.
- 22 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BS14 0UL, is the newest of them.
- 20 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BS3 4FQ, is the newest of them.
- 19 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BS1 9NR, is the newest of them.
- 19 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BS4 9LF, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Bristol?
Homes sold for a typical £360,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.7% on the 12 months before. At 8,578 of the 10,068 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3,381 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1,078 of its 10,536 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Montpelier, 1.2 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Bristol?
Homes in Bristol sold for a typical £360,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 4,584 sales, up 0.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £561,000 239 sales
- Semi-detached £375,000 946 sales
- Terraced £390,000 1,999 sales
- Flat or maisonette £270,000 1,400 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole BS5 district, Bristol's main postcode district: a typical £338,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Bristol: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Bristol?
424 of the 10,536 postcodes now in use in Bristol came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 129 of the 5,661 homes sold in Bristol were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BS5 district, Under 1%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Bristol | Across the BS5 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 22 of 4,584 (Under 1%) | 1 of 615 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 129 of 5,661 (2%) | 3 of 778 (Under 1%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Bristol?
Ofcom reports on 10,068 of the 10,536 postcodes in Bristol. At 8,578 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Bristol at risk of flooding?
1,078 of the 10,536 postcodes in Bristol have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 3,381 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Bristol?
The open schools at the postcodes in Bristol (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Willow Park CofE Primary School450 m
- Bristol Grammar School800 m 1,377 pupils, 1,410 places
- Cathedral Primary School900 m 422 pupils, 420 places
- Cotham Gardens Primary School950 m 365 pupils, 630 places
- Cabot Primary School1.0 km 197 pupils, 210 places
- Hannah More Primary School1.1 km 206 pupils, 240 places
- Ss Peter and Paul RC Primary School1.1 km 147 pupils, 210 places
- St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Primary School1.1 km 125 pupils, 210 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Bristol?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bristol is Montpelier Rail Station, 1.2 km away in a straight line.
- Montpelier Rail Station Railway station 1.2 kmCycle
- Bristol Temple Meads Rail Station Railway station 1.3 kmCycle
- Redland Rail Station Railway station 1.3 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Bristol?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Bristol, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Broadmead Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 0117 954 9828 250 mWalk
- Compass Health Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report July 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 0117 989 2450 600 mWalk
- The Family Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 0117 946 6455 900 mWalk
- Student Health Service Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 0117 330 2720 900 mWalk
- Montpelier Health Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2021, over 3 years old · Phone 0117 942 6811 1.0 kmWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Bristol safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 22,861 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Bristol over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 1,982 September 2025
- 2,183 October 2025
- 1,985 November 2025
- 1,880 December 2025
- 1,876 January 2026
- 1,727 February 2026
- 1,964 March 2026
- 1,936 April 2026
- 1,824 May 2026
- 1,709 June 2026
- 1,940 July 2026
- 1,855 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: robbery 616, bicycle theft 607, drugs 502, theft from the person 326, other crime 194, possession of weapons 150.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Bristol?
- Councils
- City of Bristol (10,476), South Gloucestershire (51), Bath and North East Somerset (5) and 1 other
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Bristol Central (2,659), Bristol South (2,513), Bristol East (2,487) and 6 others
- Police force area
- Avon and Somerset
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Bristol
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Bristol is in City of Bristol; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell City of Bristol about council tax Council tax, on bristol.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Bristol
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Bristol postcodes
10,536 postcodes in use in Bristol, by district:
Those districts are all in the BS postcode area.
Check a Bristol postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Bristol
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Bristol's £360,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Bristol
- What is it like to live in Bristol?
- Homes sold for a typical £360,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.7% on the 12 months before. At 8,578 of the 10,068 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3,381 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1,078 of its 10,536 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Montpelier, 1.2 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Bristol?
- Bristol is covered by postcode districts BS1, BS3, BS4, BS5, BS6, BS9 and 12 more, across 10,536 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Bristol?
- Homes in Bristol sold for a typical £360,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 4,584 sales, up 0.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Bristol?
- In Bristol, primary schools at its postcodes include Willow Park CofE Primary School, Bristol Grammar School and Cathedral Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Bristol Grammar School, Bristol Cathedral Choir School and Cotham School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Bristol have a railway station?
- Yes: Montpelier is 1.2 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Bristol, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Bristol?
- Ofcom reports on 10,068 of the 10,536 postcodes in Bristol. At 8,578 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Bristol at risk of flooding?
- 1,078 of the 10,536 postcodes in Bristol have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 3,381 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Bristol?
- 424 of the 10,536 postcodes now in use in Bristol came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 129 of the 5,661 homes sold in Bristol were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BS5 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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