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Bishops Lydeard & Cotford St Luke

Middle area

West Somerset. 7,518 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 62 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 30% of people in Bishops Lydeard & Cotford St Luke live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£284,000
Joint 3,438th cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,167
Joint 4,491st least populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
30%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
65.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Bishops Lydeard & Cotford St Luke

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bishops Lydeard & Cotford St Luke at a rate of 45.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 90.4 per 1,000 people across Somerset.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences144
Other crime63
Anti-social behaviour53
Criminal damage and arson38
Burglary16
Vehicle crime13
Shoplifting7
Drug offences4
Robbery0
Theft from the person0

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Bishops Lydeard & Cotford St Luke compares

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

Bishops Lydeard & Cotford St LukeMiddle
Median sale price71 middle areas, Somerset · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Somerset71 areas from £170,000 to £567,500. The middle area is £290,000. Bishops Lydeard & Cotford St Luke is £284,000.
£284,00032nd cheapest
Population71 middle areas, Somerset · 2021
Population: every middle area in Somerset71 areas from 5,344 to 11,665. The middle area is 7,865. Bishops Lydeard & Cotford St Luke is 7,167.
7,16719th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares71 middle areas, Somerset · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Somerset71 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 62.0%. Bishops Lydeard & Cotford St Luke is 30.0%.
30%joint 24th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage71 middle areas, Somerset · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Somerset71 areas from 17.6% to 99.5%. The middle area is 84.0%. Bishops Lydeard & Cotford St Luke is 65.5%.
65.5%21st lowest

Is Bishops Lydeard & Cotford St Luke safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bishops Lydeard & Cotford St Luke at a rate of 45.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 90.4 per 1,000 people across Somerset.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 24 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bishops Lydeard & Cotford St Luke.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (144), other crime (63) and anti-social behaviour (53).

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 Somerset

These figures are published for the whole of Somerset, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Somerset and not Bishops Lydeard & Cotford St Luke alone. See Somerset

Average house price
£282,498
Up 2.8% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,279
103rd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.8×
Joint 140th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
19.1
Joint 143rd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Bishops Lydeard & Cotford St Luke in brief

The median price paid for a home in Bishops Lydeard & Cotford St Luke was £284,000 in 2025.

Bishops Lydeard & Cotford St Luke had 7,167 usual residents at the census.

About 30% of people in Bishops Lydeard & Cotford St Luke live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Bishops Lydeard & Cotford St Luke, 65.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.