Taunton Halcon & Monkton Heathfield
Middle areaCentral Somerset. 11,269 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 13 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 3% of people in Taunton Halcon & Monkton Heathfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Taunton Halcon & Monkton Heathfield
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Taunton Halcon & Monkton Heathfield 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 | 393 |
| Shoplifting | 218 |
| Other crime | 215 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 146 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 76 |
| Burglary | 53 |
| Vehicle crime | 43 |
| Robbery | 23 |
| Drug offences | 11 |
| Theft from the person | 0 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Taunton Halcon & Monkton Heathfield compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Taunton Halcon & Monkton Heathfield safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Taunton Halcon & Monkton Heathfield 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, 95 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Taunton Halcon & Monkton Heathfield.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (393), shoplifting (218) and other crime (215).
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 Taunton Halcon & Monkton Heathfield alone. See Somerset
Taunton Halcon & Monkton Heathfield in brief
The median price paid for a home in Taunton Halcon & Monkton Heathfield was £275,000 in 2025.
Taunton Halcon & Monkton Heathfield had 10,737 usual residents at the census.
About 3% of people in Taunton Halcon & Monkton Heathfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Taunton Halcon & Monkton Heathfield, 94.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.