5,371
Households
White Brit. · 91%
Ethnicity
Christian · 53%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
35 · 3.1 per 1k
Crimes · May '26
£348,563
Median property price
400
Postcodes
Overview of Wells
Coordinates51.2091, -2.6491
Postcodes
400
Population (Census)
11,134
Households (Census)
5,371
Recorded crime · May '26
35 · 3.1 per 1k
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Wells
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Low deprivation
Mean decile 6.67 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Low deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 6.67 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in Wells
Property sales · Wells
HM Land Registry · Wells
Average price
£368,749
YoY: +3.7%
Median price: £331,700
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jun '24 – May '26May '26: 8 sales · avg £304,812
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£482k£372k£263k
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
Transactions are hidden by default.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Police Recorded Crime in Wells
Crime trends · Wells
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJun '24 – May '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
33206
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
9
YoY -44%
ASB
1692
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
7
YoY -30%
Vehicle Crime
420
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
1
YoY +100%
Burglary
630
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
0
YoY stable
Criminal damage
840
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
2
YoY -33%
Demographics in Wells
Ethnicity
White Brit.90.7%
Other White4.0%
Chinese1.1%
+ other · 4.2%
Religion
Christian52.6%
No religion38.2%
Not answered6.8%
Other religion1.2%
+ other · 1.2%
Age groups
50–6421.8%
35–4915.1%
65–7414.4%
75–8411.2%
25–349.3%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.2%
Households
Any member 66+22.9%
Other15.4%
All members 66+14.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children10.5%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children10.4%
+ 7 other households · 26.8%
Schools in Wells
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
St Cuthbert's Church of England Academy Infants and Pre-School
Somerset · BA5 1TZ
Good
0.5 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–7
St Joseph and St Teresa Catholic Primary School
Somerset · BA5 2QL
Good
0.1 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
The Blue School
Somerset · BA5 2NR
Good
0.3 mi
Secondary with sixth formStateMixed · Ages 11–18
St Cuthbert's Church of England Junior School
Somerset · BA5 1TS
0.6 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 7–11
Stoberry Park School
Somerset · BA5 2TJ
0.4 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
Wells Cathedral School
Somerset · BA5 2ST
0.3 mi
All-throughIndependentMixed · Ages 2–19
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in Wells
Postcodes in Wells
BA5 1AXBA5 1BNBA5 1DABA5 1DBBA5 1DJBA5 1DSBA5 1FABA5 1FBBA5 1FDBA5 1FFBA5 1FHBA5 1FJBA5 1FLBA5 1FTBA5 1FUBA5 1FWBA5 1FXBA5 1FYBA5 1FZBA5 1GABA5 1GBBA5 1GDBA5 1JJBA5 1LJBA5 1LNBA5 1LYBA5 1PZBA5 1QHBA5 1RNBA5 1SABA5 1SBBA5 1SDBA5 1SEBA5 1SFBA5 1SGBA5 1SHBA5 1SJBA5 1SLBA5 1SNBA5 1SPBA5 1SQBA5 1SRBA5 1SSBA5 1STBA5 1SUBA5 1SWBA5 1SXBA5 1SYBA5 1SZBA5 1TABA5 1TEBA5 1TGBA5 1THBA5 1TJBA5 1TNBA5 1TRBA5 1TSBA5 1TTBA5 1TUBA5 1TWBA5 1TXBA5 1TYBA5 1TZBA5 1UABA5 1UBBA5 1UDBA5 1UEBA5 1UFBA5 1UGBA5 1UHBA5 1UJBA5 1UNBA5 1UPBA5 1UQBA5 1URBA5 1USBA5 1UUBA5 1UWBA5 1WABA5 1WBBA5 1WDBA5 1WEBA5 1XJBA5 1XLBA5 2AABA5 2ADBA5 2AEBA5 2AGBA5 2AHBA5 2AJBA5 2ALBA5 2ANBA5 2AQBA5 2ASBA5 2ATBA5 2AWBA5 2AZBA5 2BABA5 2BBBA5 2BDBA5 2BEBA5 2BHBA5 2BJBA5 2BNBA5 2BPBA5 2BQBA5 2BRBA5 2BSBA5 2BTBA5 2BUBA5 2BWBA5 2BXBA5 2BYBA5 2BZBA5 2DABA5 2DBBA5 2DDBA5 2DEBA5 2DFBA5 2DG