Chard
TownTown in Somerset, South West.
Chard is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Chard add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Gigabit coverage by town
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Chard, 95.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How Chard compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Chard safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Chard at a rate of 121.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across South West.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 104 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Chard.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (754), other crime (327) and anti-social behaviour (219).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Chard was 113.8 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in Chard, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Chard has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Chard
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Somerset 022A | 1,740 | 165.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.4% |
| South Somerset 022B | 1,492 | 26.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| South Somerset 022C | 1,460 | 87.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.3% |
| South Somerset 022D | 1,363 | 94.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.7% |
| South Somerset 022E | 1,296 | 107.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.1% |
| South Somerset 023A | 1,278 | 152.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.6% |
| South Somerset 023B | 2,324 | 158.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.2% |
| South Somerset 023C | 1,079 | 69.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.3% |
| South Somerset 023D | 2,259 | 186.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.0% |
Your MP
- Adam DanceLiberal DemocratMP for Yeovil
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Chard1
Middle areas in Chard2
Towns near Chard6
Chard in brief
Chard is a town in Somerset, South West.
About 14,616 people lived in Chard in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £234,500 in 2025 across 190 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 121.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Chard was £234,500 in 2025.
Chard had 14,287 usual residents at the census.
In Chard, 95.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Chard, 3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.