BA21 5YJ

Yeovil East · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil
Postcode district
BA21
Postcode sector
BA21 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA21 5NX 25 m
BA21 5NY 67 m
BA21 5PA 84 m
BA21 5BX 105 m
BA21 5NS 108 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA21 5YJ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 February 1998
Terminated
1 September 2000
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA21
Postcode sector
BA21 5
Latitude
50.951696
Longitude
-2.616370
British National Grid easting
356,800
British National Grid northing
117,100

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Parish or community
E04008773
Westminster constituency
Yeovil · E14001603
Output area
E00148953
Lower layer super output area
South Somerset 014E · E01029237
Middle layer super output area
South Somerset 014 · E02006088

Postcode source versions

Explore BA21

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
17
Secondary
3
  1. Birchfield Community Primary School

    Community school

    340 m
  2. Fiveways Special School

    Community special school

    403 m
  3. Pen Mill Infant and Nursery Academy

    Academy converter

    607 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,172
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,265
  • Shoplifting 520
  • Anti social behaviour 370
  • Public order 315
  • Criminal damage and arson 194

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BA21 5 residents
11,613

Age bands in BA21 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.7%

2,334 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.7%

1,264 residents

Age 25 to 44
29%

3,437 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.7%

2,808 residents

Age 65 and over
16.9%

1,999 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • OAKLANDS SURGERY

    BIRCHFIELD ROAD, YEOVIL, BA21 5RL

    ODS code L85064

    292 m

  • PENN HILL SURGERY, YEOVIL

    ST. NICHOLAS CLOSE, YEOVIL, BA20 1SB

    ODS code L85017

    1.8 km

  • DIAMOND HEALTH GROUP

    74 HENDFORD, YEOVIL, BA20 1UJ

    ODS code L85022

    2.1 km

  • PRESTON GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE, YEOVIL

    PRESTON GROVE, YEOVIL, BA20 2BQ

    ODS code L85015

    2.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Oaklands Road

    BCT · Yeovil

    0.0 miles
  • Oaklands Road

    BCT · Yeovil

    0.0 miles
  • Sun Inn

    BCT · Yeovil

    0.1 miles
  • Sun Inn

    BCT · Yeovil

    0.1 miles
  • Welbeck Road

    BCT · Yeovil

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Somerset 014E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

2 of 10

Overall England rank

4,313 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
9 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

24 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 3 secondary schools. Birchfield Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 340 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

3,172 published events cover 12 months, averaging 264.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,265 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.