North Petherton 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: 17.8% here, compared with 24.8% across Somerset (7.1 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.
Households facing two or more measured disadvantages: 12.4% here, compared with 15.6% across Somerset (3.2 percentage points lower).
These households met at least two census conditions covering education, employment, health and housing. This is not an income or poverty measure.
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: 14.3% here, compared with 17.1% across Somerset (2.8 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 North Petherton ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
940 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 804 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
North Petherton 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: 62 mapped crimes in September 2024; 77 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 · North Petherton
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
62
13
October 2024
74
13
November 2024
56
7
December 2024
58
7
January 2025
79
15
February 2025
67
14
March 2025
63
12
April 2025
69
12
May 2025
73
14
June 2025
68
14
July 2025
62
17
August 2025
73
15
September 2025
69
17
October 2025
76
21
November 2025
73
18
December 2025
64
13
January 2026
79
9
February 2026
94
13
March 2026
109
24
April 2026
76
17
May 2026
78
27
June 2026
72
19
July 2026
73
20
August 2026
77
16
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · North Petherton
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
484
shoplifting
107
criminal damage arson
91
public order
80
other theft
54
burglary
34
vehicle crime
34
other crime
19
robbery
12
possession of weapons
11
drugs
7
bicycle theft
6
theft from the person
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.
