Chard North 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: 24.1% here, compared with 30.5% across Somerset (6.4 percentage points lower).
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.
People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 19.6% here, compared with 17.1% across Somerset (2.5 percentage points higher).
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.
Homes rented from a council or housing association: 15% here, compared with 14% across Somerset (1 percentage points higher).
The share of social housing describes the homes already here. It does not show the current waiting list or whether enough suitable homes are available.
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 Chard North ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
891 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 753 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Chard North 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: 86 mapped crimes in September 2024; 43 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 · Chard North
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
86
19
October 2024
61
14
November 2024
43
12
December 2024
64
2
January 2025
59
6
February 2025
66
10
March 2025
51
12
April 2025
58
5
May 2025
60
8
June 2025
55
12
July 2025
56
9
August 2025
94
14
September 2025
77
18
October 2025
72
8
November 2025
78
8
December 2025
62
6
January 2026
78
4
February 2026
76
7
March 2026
109
16
April 2026
98
19
May 2026
80
14
June 2026
49
10
July 2026
69
13
August 2026
43
7
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Chard North
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
438
criminal damage arson
88
public order
78
vehicle crime
65
shoplifting
61
other theft
50
burglary
44
other crime
31
drugs
14
possession of weapons
11
robbery
6
bicycle theft
5
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.
