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Frome East

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East Somerset. About 13,536 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 24 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 84% of people in Frome East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
13,128
1,261st most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
84%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
87.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Frome East compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Frome EastMiddle
Population55 wards, Somerset · 2021
Population: every ward in Somerset55 areas from 7,922 to 13,128. The middle area is 10,418. Frome East is 13,128.
13,128most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares55 wards, Somerset · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Somerset55 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 62.0%. Frome East is 84.0%.
84%joint 16th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage55 wards, Somerset · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Somerset55 areas from 22.1% to 99.6%. The middle area is 82.3%. Frome East is 87.7%.
87.7%20th highest
Claimant rate55 wards, Somerset · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Somerset55 areas from 1.5% to 4.5%. The middle area is 2.3%. Frome East is 3.0%.
3.0%joint 13th highest

Is Frome East safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Frome East at a rate of 76.8 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, 76 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Frome East.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (433), other crime (184) and anti-social behaviour (149).

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 Frome East alone. See Somerset

Average house price
£282,062
Up 3.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,279
103rd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.8×
Joint 143rd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
19.1
Joint 143rd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Frome East in brief

Frome East had 13,128 usual residents at the census.

About 84% of people in Frome East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Frome East, 87.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Frome East, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.