Taunton South 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 from a council or housing association: 21% here, compared with 14% across Somerset (6.9 percentage points higher).
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.
People aged 65 or over: 21.8% here, compared with 24.8% across Somerset (3 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: 15.9% here, compared with 17.1% across Somerset (1.2 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 Taunton South ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
813 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 683 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Taunton South 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: 56 mapped crimes in September 2024; 66 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 · Taunton South
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
56
10
October 2024
57
6
November 2024
63
8
December 2024
58
10
January 2025
62
6
February 2025
40
2
March 2025
41
6
April 2025
54
7
May 2025
59
6
June 2025
64
12
July 2025
64
12
August 2025
65
13
September 2025
76
8
October 2025
69
8
November 2025
79
11
December 2025
75
6
January 2026
89
5
February 2026
75
7
March 2026
53
4
April 2026
73
16
May 2026
52
18
June 2026
58
16
July 2026
48
17
August 2026
66
13
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Taunton South
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
474
criminal damage arson
77
public order
66
shoplifting
46
other theft
44
burglary
30
other crime
27
vehicle crime
24
drugs
8
robbery
7
bicycle theft
6
possession of weapons
3
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.
