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BS5 8JL

St George West · Bristol, City of · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
St George West
Local authority
Bristol, City of
Constituency
Bristol East
Postcode district
BS5
Postcode sector
BS5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BS5 8JN 52 m
BS5 8FR 70 m
BS5 8LU 72 m
BS5 7LD 83 m
BS5 8JW 84 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BS5 8JL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1983
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BS
Postcode district
BS5
Postcode sector
BS5 8
Latitude
51.460237
Longitude
-2.541701
British National Grid easting
362,462
British National Grid northing
173,613

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Bristol, City of · E06000023
Electoral ward
St George West · E05010912
Parish or community
E43000019
Westminster constituency
Bristol East · E14001132
Output area
E00074182
Lower layer super output area
Bristol 028B · E01014683
Middle layer super output area
Bristol 028 · E02003039

Postcode source versions

Explore BS5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
131
Primary
79
Secondary
19

  1. Summerhill Infant School

    Community school

    114 m

  2. Summerhill Academy

    Academy converter

    151 m

  3. St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    813 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5,638
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,158
  • Anti social behaviour 555
  • Public order 487
  • Shoplifting 480
  • Vehicle crime 426

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
33

14 female, 19 male

Postcode households
26
Residents per household
1.3
BS5 8 residents
10,368

Age bands in BS5 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.3%

1,665 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

1,030 residents

Age 25 to 44
36.6%

3,985 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.5%

2,562 residents

Age 65 and over
15.1%

1,650 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BS5 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

28

within 5 km

  • AIR BALLOON SURGERY

    KENN ROAD, ST. GEORGE, BRISTOL, BS5 7PD

    ODS code L81038

    726 m

  • FIRECLAY HEALTH

    BELLEVUE ROAD, ST GEORGE, BRISTOL, BS5 7PH

    ODS code L81062

    904 m

  • THE WELLSPRING SURGERY

    BEAM STREET, REDFIELD, BRISTOL, BS5 9QY

    ODS code L81061

    1.4 km

  • BIRCHWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WICK ROAD, BRISTOL, BS4 4HU

    ODS code L81120

    1.6 km

  • NIGHTINGALE VALLEY PRACTICE

    WICK ROAD, BRISTOL, BS4 4HU

    ODS code L81033

    1.6 km

  • EAST TREES HEALTH CENTRE

    100A FISHPONDS ROAD, EASTVILLE, BRISTOL, BS5 6SA

    ODS code L81023

    1.9 km

  • CHARLOTTE KEEL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SEYMOUR ROAD, EASTON, BRISTOL, BS5 0UA

    ODS code L81015

    2.2 km

  • ORCHARD MEDICAL CENTRE

    MACDONALD WALK, KINGSWOOD, BRISTOL, BS15 8NJ

    ODS code L81055

    2.2 km

  • LAWRENCE HILL HEALTH CENTRE

    HASSELL DRIVE, EASTON, BRISTOL, BS2 0AN

    ODS code L81089

    2.2 km

  • BEECHWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BEECHWOOD ROAD, BRISTOL, BS16 3TD

    ODS code L81087

    2.4 km

  • FISHPONDS FAMILY PRACTICE

    BEECHWOOD ROAD, BRISTOL, BS16 3TD

    ODS code L81013

    2.4 km

  • THE OLD SCHOOL SURGERY

    DOCTORS SURGERY, MANOR ROAD, FISHPONDS, BRISTOL, BS16 2JD

    ODS code L81075

    2.6 km

  • HANHAM HEALTH

    33 WHITTUCKS ROAD, HANHAM, BRISTOL, BS15 3HY

    ODS code L81079

    2.8 km

  • KINGSWOOD HEALTH CENTRE

    ALMA ROAD, KINGSWOOD, BRISTOL, BS15 4EJ

    ODS code L81063

    2.9 km

  • WELLS ROAD SURGERY

    233 WELLS ROAD, KNOWLE, BRISTOL, BS4 2DF

    ODS code L81125

    3.2 km

  • BROADMEAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    59 BROADMEAD, BRISTOL, BS1 3EA

    ODS code Y02578

    3.3 km

  • PRIORY SURGERY

    326 WELLS ROAD, KNOWLE, BRISTOL, BS4 2QJ

    ODS code L81084

    3.4 km

  • MONTPELIER HEALTH CENTRE

    BATH BUILDINGS, MONTPELIER, BRISTOL, BS6 5PT

    ODS code L81012

    3.4 km

  • COMPASS HEALTH

    1 JAMAICA STREET, BRISTOL, BS2 8JP

    ODS code Y02873

    3.4 km

  • THE DOWNEND HEALTH GROUP

    CHRISTCHURCH FAMILY MEDICAL CENTRE, NORTH STREET, DOWNEND, BRISTOL, BS16 5SG

    ODS code L81026

    3.7 km

Showing 20 of 28 matching practices.

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Glebe Road

    BCT · St George

    0.0 miles

  • Clouds Hill Avenue

    BCT · St George

    0.0 miles

  • The Avenue

    BCT · St George

    0.1 miles

  • Orchard Road

    BCT · St George

    0.1 miles

  • Orchard Road

    BCT · St George

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bristol 028B, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,460 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
7 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
27
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

131 open schools are in scope, including 79 primary and 19 secondary schools. Summerhill Infant School is the nearest published school at 114 m.

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

Recorded crime

5,638 published events cover 12 months, averaging 469.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,158 events.

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