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Postcode district

Postcode district covering Taunton, Firepool and North Town, in Somerset.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an TA1 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In TA1, 86.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£270,000
895th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
42,283
379th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
86.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How TA1 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

TA1Middle
Median sale price22 postcode districts, TA · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in TA22 areas from £235,000 to £393,750. The middle area is £275,625. TA1 is £270,000.
£270,000joint 7th cheapest
Population24 postcode districts, TA · 2021
Population: every postcode district in TA24 areas from 652 to 53,134. The middle area is 12,309. TA1 is 42,283.
42,2832nd most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage24 postcode districts, TA · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in TA24 areas from 7.9% to 95.7%. The middle area is 72.7%. TA1 is 86.2%.
86.2%7th highest
Claimant rate23 postcode districts, TA · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in TA23 areas from 1.5% to 3.3%. The middle area is 2.5%. TA1 is 2.7%.
2.7%6th highest

Is TA1 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TA1 at a rate of 147.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 95.6 per 1,000 people across TA.

In August 2026 alone, 594 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TA1.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,512), other crime (1,149) and anti-social behaviour (1,009).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TA1 was 139.8 per 1,000 people.

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.

Deprivation in TA1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TA1 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in TA1

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Somerset West and Taunton 008A1,38736.1 per 1,000899.9%
Somerset West and Taunton 008B1,568223.6 per 1,000394.3%
Somerset West and Taunton 008C1,84136.4 per 1,0009100.0%
Somerset West and Taunton 011A2,546270.6 per 1,000595.6%
Somerset West and Taunton 011C1,501112.8 per 1,000795.2%
Somerset West and Taunton 011D1,873160.8 per 1,000687.4%
Somerset West and Taunton 012A2,22036.8 per 1,000865.9%
Somerset West and Taunton 012B2,24185.4 per 1,000575.1%
Somerset West and Taunton 014A1,731117.5 per 1,000399.2%
Somerset West and Taunton 014B1,668120.7 per 1,000499.7%
Somerset West and Taunton 014C1,73397.0 per 1,000477.1%
Somerset West and Taunton 014D1,556299.5 per 1,000195.2%
Somerset West and Taunton 014E1,708195.9 per 1,000197.9%
Somerset West and Taunton 015A1,30042.3 per 1,000768.2%
Somerset West and Taunton 015B1,706692.5 per 1,000277.0%
Somerset West and Taunton 015C1,710210.4 per 1,000391.5%
Somerset West and Taunton 015D2,062134.2 per 1,000584.8%
Somerset West and Taunton 015E1,89025.6 per 1,0001078.5%
Somerset West and Taunton 016A1,40318.1 per 1,000986.8%
Somerset West and Taunton 016B1,36917.8 per 1,0001077.3%
Somerset West and Taunton 016C1,35977.9 per 1,0001086.2%
Somerset West and Taunton 016D1,754222.7 per 1,0001087.8%
Somerset West and Taunton 019C1,56332.6 per 1,0001068.6%
Somerset West and Taunton 019D2,19356.9 per 1,000989.6%

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Middle areas in TA16

Postcode sectors in TA16

Council1

Towns in TA11

Postcode districts next to TA13

Nearest rail stations1

More in the TA postcode area2

TA1 in brief

TA1 is a postcode district covering Taunton, Firepool and North Town, in Somerset.

About 44,043 people lived in TA1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £270,000 in 2025 across 662 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 147.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in TA1 was £270,000 in 2025.

TA1 had 42,283 usual residents at the census.

In TA1, 86.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In TA1, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.