Somerton 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?
Homes rented privately: 12% here, compared with 18% across Somerset (6 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.
People aged 65 or over: 30.7% here, compared with 24.8% across Somerset (5.9 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.
People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 34.3% here, compared with 30.5% across Somerset (3.8 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.
Police-recorded locations for Somerton ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
432 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 425 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Somerton 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: 52 mapped crimes in September 2024; 25 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.
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September 2024August 2026
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Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Somerton
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
52
9
October 2024
31
2
November 2024
48
7
December 2024
28
6
January 2025
21
1
February 2025
19
4
March 2025
35
9
April 2025
26
5
May 2025
53
12
June 2025
29
2
July 2025
47
7
August 2025
36
10
September 2025
40
5
October 2025
37
5
November 2025
36
9
December 2025
47
6
January 2026
45
2
February 2026
33
1
March 2026
27
5
April 2026
32
7
May 2026
37
4
June 2026
41
1
July 2026
32
9
August 2026
25
6
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Somerton
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
239
criminal damage arson
38
other theft
30
public order
30
shoplifting
26
burglary
21
drugs
14
other crime
14
vehicle crime
13
bicycle theft
3
robbery
2
possession of weapons
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.
