TA21
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Wellington, 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 TA21 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In TA21, 74.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How TA21 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is TA21 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TA21 at a rate of 75.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 95.6 per 1,000 people across TA.
In August 2026 alone, 152 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TA21.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (882), other crime (291) and anti-social behaviour (250).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TA21 was 78.8 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 TA21, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TA21 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in TA21
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset West and Taunton 017B | 2,180 | 47.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 41.5% |
| Somerset West and Taunton 017C | 1,918 | 56.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.2% |
| Somerset West and Taunton 017D | 1,378 | 12.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Somerset West and Taunton 017E | 1,391 | 72.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 70.8% |
| Somerset West and Taunton 017F | 1,463 | 45.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.2% |
| Somerset West and Taunton 018A | 2,487 | 101.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.8% |
| Somerset West and Taunton 018B | 1,364 | 71.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.7% |
| Somerset West and Taunton 018C | 1,614 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 81.5% |
| Somerset West and Taunton 018D | 1,710 | 150.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.0% |
| Somerset West and Taunton 018E | 2,000 | 127.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 79.7% |
| Somerset West and Taunton 018F | 1,345 | 115.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 65.6% |
MPs for TA21
- Gideon AmosLiberal DemocratMP for Taunton and Wellington79% of TA21’s postcodes
- Rachel GilmourLiberal DemocratMP for Tiverton and Minehead21% of TA21’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in TA212
Postcode sectors in TA214
Council1
Towns in TA211
Postcode districts next to TA214
More in the TA postcode area2
TA21 in brief
TA21 is a postcode district covering Wellington, in Somerset.
About 22,027 people lived in TA21 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £275,000 in 2025 across 351 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 75.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in TA21 was £275,000 in 2025.
TA21 had 21,033 usual residents at the census.
In TA21, 74.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In TA21, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.