Bridgwater South
WardCentral Somerset. About 12,358 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Bridgwater South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Bridgwater South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Bridgwater South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bridgwater South at a rate of 266.0 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, 307 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bridgwater South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,475), anti-social behaviour (579) and other crime (565).
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 ward, so they describe all of Somerset and not Bridgwater South alone. See Somerset
Bridgwater South in brief
Bridgwater South had 12,013 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Bridgwater South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bridgwater South, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Bridgwater South, 4.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.