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Southville (BS3) or St Pauls (BS2): an area comparison

St Pauls has the lower recorded-sale median by £82,950. 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?

Southville: £387,500. St Pauls: £304,550.

St Pauls is lower in this 24-month sample.

Which has the broader school register?

Southville: 100. St Pauls: 70 open establishments.

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

How does everyday access compare?

Bus nodes: BS3 153, BS2 42. mapped green-space sites: BS3 68, BS2 40.

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

The broad price gap is £82,950 across the 24-month samples. That gives St Pauls the lower starting point, while the remaining sections show where the two district profiles differ.

Southville has 100 registered schools, 68 mapped green-space sites and 153 bus nodes. St Pauls has 70, 40 and 42 respectively.

District prices

BS3 recorded 1,337 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £387,500. The £394,149 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.

BS2 recorded 378 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £304,550. The £733,115 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.

BS3

Median recorded sale
£387,500
Average recorded sale
£394,149
Recorded sales
1,337 (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.

BS2

Median recorded sale
£304,550
Average recorded sale
£733,115
Recorded sales
378 (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 5,026 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 2,074, or 41.3% of the total.

Police.uk records 5,343 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 2,136, or 40.0% of the total.

BS3

Reported crime, 12 months
5,026
Selected report-category share
2,074 (41.3%)
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.

BS2

Reported crime, 12 months
5,343
Selected report-category share
2,136 (40.0%)
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. BS3 has a median of 7.0. 6.9% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 46.4% 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. BS2 has a median of 7.0. 23.4% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 33.5% are in the more well-off 8 to 10 band.

BS3

Median IMD decile
7.0 / 10
Postcode units in deciles 1–3
6.9%
Postcode units in deciles 8–10
46.4%
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.

BS2

Median IMD decile
7.0 / 10
Postcode units in deciles 1–3
23.4%
Postcode units in deciles 8–10
33.5%
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 100 open establishments in BS3. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.

The register lists 70 open establishments in BS2. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.

BS3

Registered school sites
100 (All-through: 1, Primary: 84, Secondary: 15)
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.

BS2

Registered school sites
70 (16 plus: 1, Middle deemed secondary: 2, Nursery: 4, Primary: 53, Secondary: 10)
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 68 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 97.02 hectares, including 11 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.

OS maps 40 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 22.97 hectares, including 12 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.

BS3

Mapped OS green-space sites
68
Mapped site area
97.02 ha
Public parks or gardens
11
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.

BS2

Mapped OS green-space sites
40
Mapped site area
22.97 ha
Public parks or gardens
12
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 6,613 postcode units. 1,401 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 1,465 have medium-risk surroundings.

The source covers 5,930 postcode units. 610 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 903 have medium-risk surroundings.

BS3

Postcode units in source
6,613
Units with high-risk surroundings
1,401
Units with medium-risk surroundings
1,465
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.

BS2

Postcode units in source
5,930
Units with high-risk surroundings
610
Units with medium-risk surroundings
903
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 11.7 µg/m³. 88.9% 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 15.6 µg/m³. 100.0% of mapped units exceed the WHO 10 µg/m³ guideline and 0.0% meet or exceed 40 µg/m³.

BS3

Median annual mean NO₂
11.7 µg/m³
Postcode units above WHO 10 µg/m³
88.9%
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.

BS2

Median annual mean NO₂
15.6 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.

Transport access nodes

NaPTAN contains 153 active bus nodes and 4 rail, metro or tram nodes across BS3. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.

NaPTAN contains 42 active bus nodes and 2 rail, metro or tram nodes across BS2. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.

BS3

Active bus access nodes
153
Active rail, metro or tram nodes
4
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.

BS2

Active bus access nodes
42
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.

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.

BS3

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.

BS2

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 206 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 3 fatal, 20 serious and 183 slight.

DfT records 241 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 0 fatal, 19 serious and 222 slight.

BS3

Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
206
Fatal
3
Serious
20
Slight
183
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.

BS2

Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
241
Fatal
0
Serious
19
Slight
222
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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