Lydeard 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: 35.4% here, compared with 30.5% across Somerset (4.9 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.
People aged 65 or over: 20.1% here, compared with 24.8% across Somerset (4.8 percentage points lower).
Age helps locate demand for accessible homes, transport and support. Being older does not itself mean someone needs care.
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: 12.5% here, compared with 17.1% across Somerset (4.5 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 Lydeard ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
620 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 523 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Lydeard 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: 33 mapped crimes in September 2024; 55 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 · Lydeard
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
33
6
October 2024
47
7
November 2024
43
12
December 2024
40
6
January 2025
55
13
February 2025
40
7
March 2025
52
13
April 2025
56
4
May 2025
28
11
June 2025
33
11
July 2025
53
8
August 2025
43
10
September 2025
39
9
October 2025
39
6
November 2025
54
2
December 2025
50
3
January 2026
57
3
February 2026
49
6
March 2026
54
9
April 2026
58
5
May 2026
57
5
June 2026
48
8
July 2026
60
11
August 2026
55
13
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Lydeard
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
305
shoplifting
90
criminal damage arson
61
public order
47
other theft
35
burglary
25
vehicle crime
23
other crime
17
possession of weapons
8
bicycle theft
5
drugs
4
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.
