BS40 7XW Area Guide - Crime, Schools & Is It a Good Place to Live?

BS40 7XW is a postcode in Blagdon & Churchill, North Somerset, South West, England. This postcode area guide brings together crime, schools, demographics, property prices, planning applications, HMO licences and roadworks near BS40 7XW, then scores the surrounding small area 57/100 - top 45% nationally across 8 matched LocaleIQ domains.

The strongest signals around BS40 7XW are health and local prosperity, while housing is the main area to examine before moving, renting or buying here. LocaleIQ uses these local signals as a practical area rating rather than a single raw statistic, so read the score alongside the detailed map layers and source records.

The demographic profile for BS40 7XW is based on Mendip 005 Census 2021. It covers 8,475 residents, 77 people per square kilometre. The median age is around 50, helping show whether the area skews younger, family-sized or older. Housing tenure is 76% owner-occupied, 14% privately rented, 8% social rented, useful context for renters, buyers and landlords comparing the local property market. On the official England neighbourhood wellbeing index the area ranks in decile 7/10.

For property prices near BS40 7XW, LocaleIQ uses Land Registry sold-price evidence for the BS40 postcode district. The latest median sold price is £620k from 10 rolling sales. The Property tab separates flats, terraced, semi-detached and detached homes where enough sales exist.

For safety, the Crime tab breaks down recorded crime near BS40 7XW by category and map position. Crime trend is flat or improving month on month. Use it with the LocaleIQ safety score because police data can lag and does not capture every local issue.

LocaleIQ checks available planning, HMO and roadworks feeds near BS40 7XW; no local change records are currently listed inside this report radius.