Minehead Town
Middle areaNorth west Somerset. 7,482 people in 3.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 22% of people in Minehead Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Minehead Town
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Minehead Town at a rate of 104.5 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 | 281 |
| Shoplifting | 131 |
| Other crime | 130 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 122 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 60 |
| Burglary | 28 |
| Vehicle crime | 17 |
| Robbery | 10 |
| Drug offences | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Minehead Town compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Minehead Town safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Minehead Town at a rate of 104.5 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, 39 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Minehead Town.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (281), shoplifting (131) and other crime (130).
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 Minehead Town alone. See Somerset
Minehead Town in brief
The median price paid for a home in Minehead Town was £252,500 in 2025.
Minehead Town had 7,437 usual residents at the census.
About 22% of people in Minehead Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Minehead Town, 80.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.