Wincanton & Bruton 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: 21% here, compared with 18% across Somerset (3.7 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 65 or over: 22.4% here, compared with 24.8% across Somerset (2.4 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: 13.9% here, compared with 15.6% across Somerset (1.7 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.
Police-recorded locations for Wincanton & Bruton ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
791 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 741 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Wincanton & Bruton 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: 53 mapped crimes in September 2024; 42 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 · Wincanton & Bruton
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
53
10
October 2024
58
4
November 2024
65
6
December 2024
57
8
January 2025
63
11
February 2025
36
11
March 2025
51
9
April 2025
77
10
May 2025
72
16
June 2025
57
18
July 2025
74
11
August 2025
78
13
September 2025
62
8
October 2025
78
7
November 2025
49
9
December 2025
63
5
January 2026
71
10
February 2026
60
8
March 2026
94
8
April 2026
73
7
May 2026
47
12
June 2026
63
16
July 2026
89
7
August 2026
42
7
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Wincanton & Bruton
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
383
other theft
85
criminal damage arson
76
shoplifting
65
public order
63
burglary
34
vehicle crime
34
other crime
27
drugs
9
possession of weapons
8
robbery
4
bicycle theft
3
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.
