TA5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Willstock Village, Cannington and Nether Stowey, 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 TA5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In TA5, 33.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How TA5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is TA5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TA5 at a rate of 46.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 95.6 per 1,000 people across TA.
In August 2026 alone, 46 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TA5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (309), anti-social behaviour (104) and other crime (100).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TA5 was 48.1 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 TA5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TA5 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in TA5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedgemoor 007A | 1,244 | 25.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 0.0% |
| Sedgemoor 007B | 1,546 | 25.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 22.8% |
| Sedgemoor 007C | 1,128 | 46.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 12.4% |
| Sedgemoor 007D | 1,825 | 24.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 22.6% |
| Sedgemoor 007E | 1,391 | 31.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 24.6% |
| Sedgemoor 014H | 1,744 | 84.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Somerset West and Taunton 004C | 2,145 | 62.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 6.1% |
MPs for TA5
- Sir Ashley FoxConservativeMP for Bridgwater82% of TA5’s postcodes
- Rachel GilmourLiberal DemocratMP for Tiverton and Minehead18% of TA5’s postcodes
- Gideon AmosLiberal DemocratMP for Taunton and Wellington0.2% of TA5’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 TA51
Postcode sectors in TA52
Council1
Towns in TA51
Postcode districts next to TA54
More in the TA postcode area2
TA5 in brief
TA5 is a postcode district covering Willstock Village, Cannington and Nether Stowey, in Somerset.
About 13,562 people lived in TA5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £310,000 in 2025 across 184 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 46.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in TA5 was £310,000 in 2025.
TA5 had 12,557 usual residents at the census.
In TA5, 33.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In TA5, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.