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Bristol

Bristol is a city in Somerset, England, with a population of around 479,024. It has around 2 restaurants and cafés, with 15 bus stops and the nearest railway station being Keynsham, 2.7 km away. The average sold house price is around £411,678. There were around 86 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Bristol area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Bath and North East Somerset area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 193,409 residents at roughly 559 people per km².

Council
Bath and North East Somerset
County
Somerset
Constituency
North East Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
66/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 40th of 294 English council areas — better than 86% of them.

Low crime59
Home affordability25
Affordable rents6
Good schools82
Life expectancy89
Low deprivation86
Employment96
Low council tax63

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

19°COvercast

  • Today: 22° / 17° · 45% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 19:29

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, United Kingdom

Crime

73 reported · July 2026 38% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences34
  • Anti-social behaviour10
  • Criminal damage & arson8
  • Public order7

Neighbourhood team: Keynsham · Avon And Somerset

Local policing priorities

  • Keynsham Town Centre has seen a moderate increase in youths causing ASB and committing damage offences. The NPT Team are aware and resour…
  • The above issue is a forcewide priority for Avon and Somerset Constabulary to make women feel safer walking, predominantly after dark, in…

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

187 reported road collisions (2024)

41 killed or seriously injured · 249 casualties · 9.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

320 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 264 rated 4–5 ★ (211 top)
  • 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Keynsham (2.7 km)
  • 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Keynsham (2.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£404,480 average 0.1% YoY

Across Bath and North East Somerset · to 2026-06

Detached£705,147
Semi-detached£440,465
Terraced£384,310
Flat£238,214

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,881 average monthly rent 7.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,205
  • 2 bed £1,520
  • 3 bed £1,806

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

10.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.4 times median annual pay (10.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (6.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (2.5 km)

26 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

107 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Brislington Park and Ride (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools6
  • Sports pitches17
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

193,409 residents in Bath and North East Somerset · 559/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 64%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 274 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,383 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 86,890)

A £1,589
B £1,854
C £2,119
D £2,383
E £2,913
F £3,443
G £3,972
H £4,767

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

94 schools · 31,546 pupils

63 primary · 14 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 39 of 41 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

80inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Beechen Cliff SchoolGood
  • IKB AcademyGood
  • Lift BroadlandsGood
  • Oldfield SchoolGood
  • Saint Gregory's Catholic CollegeGood
  • St Mark's CofE SchoolGood
  • Writhlington SchoolGood
  • Chew Valley School
  • Hayesfield Girls School
  • Norton Hill Academy
  • Ralph Allen School
  • Somerset Studio School
  • Somervale Secondary School
  • Wellsway School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bath and North East Somerset

Care & health services

186 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes55
  • GP practices26
  • Dentists59
  • Homecare agencies29
  • Hospitals & hospices4

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bath and North East Somerset

Heritage & planning

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

380 applications decided

93.2% granted · 354 granted, 26 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Kerry McCarthy

Labour

Bristol East

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Lab 6
  • Con 2
  • LD 38
  • Grn 3
  • Oth 9

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies2
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,635 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

12,555 jobs advertised · £42,568 avg

e.g. Principal Engineer – Product Safety, Community Housing Manager, Team Member Plus - Lifeguard

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£790 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,582 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 93,877 certificates

10.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

23% low-carbon electricity

Gas 77% · Solar 15% · Wind 8%

303 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 65.6 women · 65.3 men

52% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bristol East:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Stockwood · 0.5 km

    Stockwood is a residential area and council ward in south Bristol, between Whitchurch and Brislington, and west of the Somerset town of Keynsham.

  • Bristol Telephones F.C. · 1.2 km

    Bristol Telephones Football Club is a football club based in Stockwood, Bristol, England. They are currently members of the Western League Division One and play at Stockwood Lane.

  • Oasis Academy Brislington · 1.2 km

    Oasis Academy Brislington is a co-educational secondary school with academy status, located in the Brislington West area of Bristol, England. The school has a long history in the local community, but was rebuilt in 20…

  • Queen Charlton · 1.5 km

    Queen Charlton is a small village within the civil parish of Compton Dando, within the unitary authority area of Bath and North East Somerset in Somerset, England. The nearest town is Keynsham, which lies approximatel…

  • Church of St Margaret, Queen Charlton · 1.6 km

    The Anglican Church of St Margaret in Queen Charlton, Somerset, England, dates from the late 12th century. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building. It is within the civil parish of Co…

  • Ironmould Lane, Bristol · 1.7 km

    Ironmould Lane is a cricket ground in Bristol. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1894, when Brislington played Peasedown St John. In 1969 the ground held its first List-A match when Somerset played Surrey…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Bristol?
Bristol is a town in Somerset, England, in the Bath and North East Somerset local authority.
What is the population of Bristol?
Bristol has an approximate settlement population of 479,024.
How deprived is Bristol?
The Bath and North East Somerset local authority, which includes Bristol, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.