Bridgwater East
Middle areaNorth east Somerset. 9,728 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 9.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 8% of people in Bridgwater East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Bridgwater East
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bridgwater East at a rate of 152.5 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.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 558 |
| Shoplifting | 306 |
| Other crime | 248 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 123 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 103 |
| Drug offences | 49 |
| Burglary | 41 |
| Vehicle crime | 36 |
| Robbery | 16 |
| Theft from the person | 4 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Bridgwater East compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Bridgwater East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bridgwater East at a rate of 152.5 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, 120 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bridgwater East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (558), shoplifting (306) and other crime (248).
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 Bridgwater East alone. See Somerset
Bridgwater East in brief
The median price paid for a home in Bridgwater East was £229,950 in 2025.
Bridgwater East had 8,826 usual residents at the census.
About 8% of people in Bridgwater East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bridgwater East, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.