Mendip Central and East 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: 34.7% here, compared with 30.5% across Somerset (4.2 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: 15% here, compared with 18% across Somerset (3.1 percentage points lower).
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.
Homes rented from a council or housing association: 12% here, compared with 14% across Somerset (2 percentage points lower).
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 Mendip Central and East ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
427 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 374 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Mendip Central and East 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: 41 mapped crimes in September 2024; 37 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 · Mendip Central and East
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
41
2
October 2024
30
1
November 2024
38
5
December 2024
20
0
January 2025
41
3
February 2025
28
3
March 2025
36
9
April 2025
26
5
May 2025
33
8
June 2025
31
11
July 2025
20
2
August 2025
30
8
September 2025
32
3
October 2025
34
4
November 2025
37
3
December 2025
28
3
January 2026
32
3
February 2026
39
2
March 2026
37
3
April 2026
26
3
May 2026
36
2
June 2026
34
4
July 2026
55
5
August 2026
37
2
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Mendip Central and East
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
230
criminal damage arson
48
other theft
43
burglary
30
vehicle crime
22
public order
17
shoplifting
15
other crime
15
drugs
4
theft from the person
1
possession of weapons
1
robbery
1
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.
