Somerby
WardSouth Melton. About 1,815 people in 45 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Somerby live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Somerby compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Somerby safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Somerby at a rate of 52.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 65.8 per 1,000 people across Melton.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 10 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Somerby.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (37), other crime (17) and shoplifting (11).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Melton
These figures are published for the whole of Melton, not for each ward, so they describe all of Melton and not Somerby alone. See Melton
Somerby in brief
Somerby had 1,812 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Somerby live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Somerby, 60.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Somerby, 1.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.