Bishop's Hull & Taunton West ward · Somerset. Every figure carries its own date.
Boundary: May 2026. Census and crime records have different dates and purposes.
What makes this ward different?
People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 38.4% here, compared with 30.5% across Somerset (7.8 percentage points higher).
Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Homes rented privately: 24% here, compared with 18% across Somerset (6 percentage points higher).
A larger private-rented sector changes the mix of housing advice, enforcement and tenant support needed. It does not tell us whether individual homes are affordable or safe.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 15% here, compared with 17.1% across Somerset (2 percentage points lower).
Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Police-recorded locations for Bishop's Hull & Taunton West ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
2,171 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 2,020 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Bishop's Hull & Taunton West ward · mapped crimes
Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.
Shown on this chart: 190 mapped crimes in September 2024; 218 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.
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Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Bishop's Hull & Taunton West
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
190
39
October 2024
196
40
November 2024
191
49
December 2024
150
29
January 2025
138
26
February 2025
176
45
March 2025
184
29
April 2025
171
32
May 2025
170
24
June 2025
154
17
July 2025
142
40
August 2025
158
41
September 2025
161
41
October 2025
203
38
November 2025
165
41
December 2025
185
30
January 2026
136
35
February 2026
151
39
March 2026
215
17
April 2026
191
38
May 2026
194
61
June 2026
154
29
July 2026
198
40
August 2026
218
47
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Bishop's Hull & Taunton West
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
862
shoplifting
501
public order
270
criminal damage arson
154
other theft
124
burglary
64
robbery
47
vehicle crime
41
bicycle theft
40
other crime
26
drugs
22
possession of weapons
14
theft from the person
6
What these numbers include
Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.
Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and records without usable locations are excluded.
Do not compare directly with Scottish council-level recorded crime totals.
These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.
Avon and Somerset Constabulary: Due to a change in IT systems there are known issues with crime and outcome data since October 2015 as latitude and longitude information is missing from approximately 2000 crimes each month. The force will be working to rectify this and provide the missing data over the coming months.
Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.
