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BA4 5BZ

Shepton Mallet · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Shepton Mallet
Local authority
Somerset
Constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills
Postcode district
BA4
Postcode sector
BA4 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA4 5BX 30 m
BA4 5DT 58 m
BA4 5DN 61 m
BA4 5DJ 98 m
BA4 5DS 99 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA4 5BZ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1995
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA4
Postcode sector
BA4 5
Latitude
51.191225
Longitude
-2.549444
British National Grid easting
361,700
British National Grid northing
143,700

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Electoral ward
Shepton Mallet · E05014378
Parish or community
E04008585
Westminster constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills · E14001572
Output area
E00148019
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 009A · E01029062
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 009 · E02006055

Postcode source versions

Explore BA4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
6
Secondary
1

  1. St Paul's Church of England VC Junior School

    Voluntary controlled school

    334 m

  2. Shepton Mallet Community Infants' School & Nursery

    Community school

    338 m

  3. Whitstone

    Academy converter

    588 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
879
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 444
  • Anti social behaviour 105
  • Public order 92
  • Criminal damage and arson 65
  • Shoplifting 47

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BA4 5 residents
8,365

Age bands in BA4 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.9%

1,413 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

814 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.7%

2,240 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.2%

2,281 residents

Age 65 and over
19.4%

1,626 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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CANNARDS GRAVE ROAD, SHEPTON MALLET, BA4 5RT

    ODS code L85043

    608 m

  • GROVE HOUSE SURGERY

    WEST SHEPTON, SHEPTON MALLET, BA4 5UH

    ODS code L85053

    725 m

  • OAKHILL SURGERY

    PONDSMEAD, SHEPTON ROAD, OAKHILL, RADSTOCK, BA3 5HT

    ODS code L85611

    4.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Police Station

    BCT · Shepton Mallet

    0.0 miles

  • Old Market Road

    BCT · West Shepton

    0.0 miles

  • Old Market Road

    BCT · West Shepton

    0.1 miles

  • Police Station

    BCT · Shepton Mallet

    0.1 miles

  • Great Ostry

    BCT · Shepton Mallet

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mendip 009A, 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

6,144 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
3 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

8 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Paul's Church of England VC Junior School is the nearest published school at 334 m.

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

Recorded crime

879 published events cover 12 months, averaging 73.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 444 events.

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