TA24
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Minehead and Alcombe, 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 TA24 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In TA24, 53.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How TA24 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is TA24 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TA24 at a rate of 84.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 95.6 per 1,000 people across TA.
In August 2026 alone, 118 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TA24.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (707), other crime (261) and anti-social behaviour (233).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TA24 was 92.9 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 TA24, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TA24 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in TA24
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset West and Taunton 001A | 1,760 | 80.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.4% |
| Somerset West and Taunton 001B | 1,757 | 160.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 81.0% |
| Somerset West and Taunton 001C | 1,908 | 125.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 70.2% |
| Somerset West and Taunton 001D | 2,015 | 54.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.6% |
| Somerset West and Taunton 002A | 1,647 | 178.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.2% |
| Somerset West and Taunton 002B | 1,489 | 47.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 62.6% |
| Somerset West and Taunton 002C | 1,179 | 72.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 64.3% |
| Somerset West and Taunton 002D | 2,069 | 46.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 0.4% |
| Somerset West and Taunton 003A | 1,251 | 55.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 13.2% |
| Somerset West and Taunton 005A | 1,991 | 50.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 19.6% |
| Somerset West and Taunton 005C | 1,679 | 32.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 51.2% |
Your MP
- Rachel GilmourLiberal DemocratMP for Tiverton and Minehead
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 TA243
Postcode sectors in TA245
Council1
Towns in TA241
Postcode districts next to TA247
More in the TA postcode area2
TA24 in brief
TA24 is a postcode district covering Minehead and Alcombe, in Somerset.
About 18,691 people lived in TA24 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £285,000 in 2025 across 302 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 84.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in TA24 was £285,000 in 2025.
TA24 had 18,634 usual residents at the census.
In TA24, 53.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In TA24, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.