BS12 3NL

Pilning & Severn Beach · South Gloucestershire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Pilning & Severn Beach
Local authority: South Gloucestershire
Constituency: Thornbury and Yate
Postcode district: BS12
Postcode sector: BS12 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
BS35 4NL	45 m
BS35 4NJ	118 m
BS35 4PW	251 m
BS35 4NU	279 m
BS35 4NR	340 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: BS12 3NL
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 August 1997
Postcode area: BS
Postcode district: BS12
Postcode sector: BS12 3
Latitude: 51.561215
Longitude: -2.657272
British National Grid easting: 354,534
British National Grid northing: 184,909

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South West · E12000009
Local authority district: South Gloucestershire · E06000025
Electoral ward: Pilning & Severn Beach · E05012122
Parish or community: E04001066
Westminster constituency: Thornbury and Yate · E14001545
Output area: E00075556
Lower layer super output area: South Gloucestershire 005C · E01014953
Middle layer super output area: South Gloucestershire 005 · E02003094

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 4
Primary: 2
Secondary: 0

Severn Beach Primary School

Academy sponsor led
375 m
St Peter's Anglican / Methodist VC Primary

Voluntary controlled school
1.4 km
Aurora Hedgeway School

Other independent special school
2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 215
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 86
Anti social behaviour 38
Other theft 25
Public order 21
Criminal damage and arson 17

Nearby transport

Church Road

BCT · Severn Beach
0.1 miles
Severn Beach School

BCT · Severn Beach
0.2 miles
Severn Beach School

BCT · Severn Beach
0.3 miles
Gorse Gover Road

BCT · Severn Beach
0.3 miles
Denny Isle Drive

BCT · Severn Beach
0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Gloucestershire 005C, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,850 of 33,755

Income: 8 of 10
Employment: 7 of 10
Education and skills: 6 of 10
Health and disability: 8 of 10
Crime: 9 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 4 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Severn Beach Primary School is the nearest published school at 375 m.

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

Recorded crime

215 published events cover 12 months, averaging 17.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 86 events.

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