Minehead 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 65 or over: 37.1% here, compared with 24.8% across Somerset (12.3 percentage points higher).
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.
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: 22.1% here, compared with 17.1% across Somerset (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.
Police-recorded locations for Minehead ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
867 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 951 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Minehead 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: 89 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 · Minehead
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
89
12
October 2024
103
10
November 2024
59
7
December 2024
71
12
January 2025
54
6
February 2025
92
8
March 2025
74
11
April 2025
72
12
May 2025
95
15
June 2025
77
15
July 2025
89
12
August 2025
76
21
September 2025
80
10
October 2025
84
10
November 2025
57
16
December 2025
59
15
January 2026
54
16
February 2026
90
20
March 2026
101
14
April 2026
70
17
May 2026
63
10
June 2026
77
11
July 2026
77
15
August 2026
55
13
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Minehead
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
432
shoplifting
115
public order
89
criminal damage arson
76
other theft
60
burglary
41
vehicle crime
20
robbery
11
drugs
7
other crime
6
bicycle theft
4
possession of weapons
4
theft from the person
2
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.
