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Bishopston (BS7) or Clifton (BS8): an area comparison

Bishopston has the lower recorded-sale median by £26,500. The cards below show how the two areas compare on prices, schools, green space, local profile and transport.

The short answer

Which has the lower district median?

Bishopston: £413,500. Clifton: £440,000.

Bishopston is lower in this 24-month sample.

Which has the broader school register?

Bishopston: 15. Clifton: 3 open establishments.

This is the size of each district's registered school base.

How does everyday access compare?

Bus nodes: BS7 96, BS8 86. mapped green-space sites: BS7 59, BS8 48.

These counts show the scale of each district's transport and outdoor offer.

The broad price gap is £26,500 across the 24-month samples. That gives Bishopston the lower starting point, while the remaining sections show where the two district profiles differ.

Bishopston has 15 registered schools, 59 mapped green-space sites and 96 bus nodes. Clifton has 3, 48 and 86 respectively.

District prices

BS7 recorded 934 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £413,500. The £469,242 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.

BS8 recorded 695 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £440,000. The £565,214 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.

BS7

Median recorded sale
£413,500
Average recorded sale
£469,242
Recorded sales
934 (24 months)
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. local 2025-2026 bulk snapshot. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
How this was counted

Postcode district. non-deleted recorded sales in preceding 24 months.

BS8

Median recorded sale
£440,000
Average recorded sale
£565,214
Recorded sales
695 (24 months)
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. local 2025-2026 bulk snapshot. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
How this was counted

Postcode district. non-deleted recorded sales in preceding 24 months.

Crime and serious-crime share

Police.uk records 4,787 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 2,071, or 43.3% of the total.

Police.uk records 2,982 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 1,056, or 35.4% of the total.

BS7

Reported crime, 12 months
4,787
Selected report-category share
2,071 (43.3%)
data.police.uk street-level crime custom download. 2025-07 to 2026-06; seven verified programme forces. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. Police.uk anonymised coordinates assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid; selected-category share is not an official severity rate.

BS8

Reported crime, 12 months
2,982
Selected report-category share
1,056 (35.4%)
data.police.uk street-level crime custom download. 2025-07 to 2026-06; seven verified programme forces. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. Police.uk anonymised coordinates assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid; selected-category share is not an official severity rate.

Local-area deprivation context

IMD is a Government local-area scale from 1 to 10: 1 is the poorer end, while 10 is the more well-off end. BS7 has a median of 8.0. 26.8% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 55.9% are in the more well-off 8 to 10 band.

IMD is a Government local-area scale from 1 to 10: 1 is the poorer end, while 10 is the more well-off end. BS8 has a median of 9.0. 0.4% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 73.9% are in the more well-off 8 to 10 band.

BS7

Median IMD decile
8.0 / 10
Postcode units in deciles 1–3
26.8%
Postcode units in deciles 8–10
55.9%
MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation postcode download. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. distribution of official IMD25 postcode assignments; England only.

BS8

Median IMD decile
9.0 / 10
Postcode units in deciles 1–3
0.4%
Postcode units in deciles 8–10
73.9%
MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation postcode download. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. distribution of official IMD25 postcode assignments; England only.

Schools

The register lists 15 open establishments in BS7. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.

The register lists 3 open establishments in BS8. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.

BS7

Registered school sites
15 (Nursery: 1, Primary: 11, Secondary: 3)
DfE Get Information about Schools establishment register. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. open GIAS establishments grouped by registered postcode district.

BS8

Registered school sites
3 (Primary: 3)
DfE Get Information about Schools establishment register. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. open GIAS establishments grouped by registered postcode district.

Green space and outdoor sport

OS maps 59 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 74.19 hectares, including 6 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.

OS maps 48 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 300.98 hectares, including 4 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.

BS7

Mapped OS green-space sites
59
Mapped site area
74.19 ha
Public parks or gardens
6
OS Open Greenspace. April 2026 programme-city tile manifest. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. OS Open Greenspace April 2026 site polygon geometric centroid assigned to nearest Code-Point Open postcode centroid.

BS8

Mapped OS green-space sites
48
Mapped site area
300.98 ha
Public parks or gardens
4
OS Open Greenspace. April 2026 programme-city tile manifest. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. OS Open Greenspace April 2026 site polygon geometric centroid assigned to nearest Code-Point Open postcode centroid.

Flood context

The source covers 775 postcode units. 190 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 226 have medium-risk surroundings.

The source covers 810 postcode units. 226 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 193 have medium-risk surroundings.

BS7

Postcode units in source
775
Units with high-risk surroundings
190
Units with medium-risk surroundings
226
Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data. 2026-07-10. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. sum of Environment Agency postcode source counts by outward postcode; counts concern areas around addresses, not a named property.

BS8

Postcode units in source
810
Units with high-risk surroundings
226
Units with medium-risk surroundings
193
Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data. 2026-07-10. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. sum of Environment Agency postcode source counts by outward postcode; counts concern areas around addresses, not a named property.

Air quality

The 2024 modelled annual-mean NO₂ median is 12.0 µg/m³. 100.0% of mapped units exceed the WHO 10 µg/m³ guideline and 0.0% meet or exceed 40 µg/m³.

The 2024 modelled annual-mean NO₂ median is 11.8 µg/m³. 87.9% of mapped units exceed the WHO 10 µg/m³ guideline and 0.0% meet or exceed 40 µg/m³.

BS7

Median annual mean NO₂
12.0 µg/m³
Postcode units above WHO 10 µg/m³
100.0%
Postcode units at or above legal 40 µg/m³
0.0%
DEFRA Pollution Climate Mapping annual-mean NO2 grid. 2024. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. DEFRA PCM 2024 1 km modelled annual-mean NO2 looked up at each Code-Point Open postcode centroid; postcode-unit weighted district summary.

BS8

Median annual mean NO₂
11.8 µg/m³
Postcode units above WHO 10 µg/m³
87.9%
Postcode units at or above legal 40 µg/m³
0.0%
DEFRA Pollution Climate Mapping annual-mean NO2 grid. 2024. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. DEFRA PCM 2024 1 km modelled annual-mean NO2 looked up at each Code-Point Open postcode centroid; postcode-unit weighted district summary.

Transport access nodes

NaPTAN contains 96 active bus nodes and 2 rail, metro or tram nodes across BS7. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.

NaPTAN contains 86 active bus nodes and 7 rail, metro or tram nodes across BS8. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.

BS7

Active bus access nodes
96
Active rail, metro or tram nodes
2
NaPTAN. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. active NaPTAN access node assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

BS8

Active bus access nodes
86
Active rail, metro or tram nodes
7
NaPTAN. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. active NaPTAN access node assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

Broadband availability

The postcode-unit median maximum advertised download is 1,000 Mbit/s, with 100.0% full-fibre and 100.0% gigabit availability.

The postcode-unit median maximum advertised download is 1,000 Mbit/s, with 100.0% full-fibre and 100.0% gigabit availability.

BS7

Median maximum advertised download
1,000 Mbit/s
Median full-fibre availability
100.0%
Median gigabit availability
100.0%
Ofcom Connected Nations. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. median across postcode units.

BS8

Median maximum advertised download
1,000 Mbit/s
Median full-fibre availability
100.0%
Median gigabit availability
100.0%
Ofcom Connected Nations. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. median across postcode units.

Road safety

DfT records 245 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 0 fatal, 22 serious and 223 slight.

DfT records 159 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 1 fatal, 18 serious and 140 slight.

BS7

Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
245
Fatal
0
Serious
22
Slight
223
DfT STATS19 Road Safety Data. 2022-2024 collision files. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. 2022–24 STATS19 collision assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

BS8

Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
159
Fatal
1
Serious
18
Slight
140
DfT STATS19 Road Safety Data. 2022-2024 collision files. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. 2022–24 STATS19 collision assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

Sources and method

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