Somerset West and Taunton 006D
NeighbourhoodWest Somerset. 1,660 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 38 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Somerset West and Taunton 006D is in decile 5.
How Somerset West and Taunton 006D compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Somerset West and Taunton 006D safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Somerset West and Taunton 006D at a rate of 21.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 45.0 per 1,000 people across Bishops Lydeard & Cotford St Luke.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 0 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Somerset West and Taunton 006D.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (22), other crime (6) and burglary (3).
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 neighbourhood, so they describe all of Somerset and not Somerset West and Taunton 006D alone. See Somerset
Somerset West and Taunton 006D in brief
Somerset West and Taunton 006D has a deprivation score of 19.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
Somerset West and Taunton 006D had 1,628 usual residents at the census.
In Somerset West and Taunton 006D, 64.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Somerset West and Taunton 006D, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.