# Glastonbury Town in Somerset, South West. Glastonbury is a town in Somerset, South West. Median sale price £269,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 166.9 per 1,000 people. About 8,452 people. Town. Code E63005861. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset) Glastonbury is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Glastonbury 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. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £269,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Glastonbury was £269,000 in 2025. 522nd most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/glastonbury#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 8,304** (2021). Glastonbury had 8,304 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 88th least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/glastonbury#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 76%** (2022). About 76% of people in Glastonbury live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/glastonbury#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 88.4%** (January 2026). In Glastonbury, 88.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/glastonbury#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63005861) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 76% of people in Glastonbury live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63005861) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 184 homes were sold in Glastonbury in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63005861) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Glastonbury. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63005861) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Glastonbury had 8,304 usual residents at the census. ## How Glastonbury compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Glastonbury | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £269,000 | 41st cheapest | 116 towns, South West · 2025 | | Population | 8,304 | 8th least populated | 116 towns, South West · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 76% | joint 45th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 116 towns, South West · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 88.4% | joint 52nd lowest | 116 towns, South West · Jan 2026 | ## Is Glastonbury safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Glastonbury at a rate of 166.9 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, 117 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Glastonbury. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (451), anti-social behaviour (264) and other crime (259). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Glastonbury was 146.7 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 Glastonbury, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Glastonbury has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Glastonbury | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Mendip 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset/neighbourhood/e01029046) | 1,359 | 561.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 65.3% | | [Mendip 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset/neighbourhood/e01029050) | 2,673 | 64.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.6% | | [Mendip 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset/neighbourhood/e01029051) | 1,429 | 49.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.1% | | [Mendip 011F](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset/neighbourhood/e01032627) | 2,179 | 97.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 82.1% | | [Mendip 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset/neighbourhood/e01029047) | 1,340 | 232.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.9% | ## Your MP - [Glastonbury and Somerton](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/glastonbury-and-somerton): Sarah Dyke (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Council [Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset) ## Postcode districts covering Glastonbury [BA6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba6) ## Middle areas in Glastonbury [Glastonbury Town](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset/glastonbury-town) ## Towns near Glastonbury [Street](https://openindex.co.uk/town/street), [Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wells), [Shepton Mallet](https://openindex.co.uk/town/shepton-mallet), [Bridgwater](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bridgwater), [Midsomer Norton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/midsomer-norton), [Burnham-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/town/burnham-on-sea) ## Glastonbury in brief Glastonbury is a town in Somerset, South West. About 8,452 people lived in Glastonbury in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £269,000 in 2025 across 184 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 166.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Glastonbury was £269,000 in 2025. Glastonbury had 8,304 usual residents at the census. About 76% of people in Glastonbury live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Glastonbury, 88.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63005861 - Constituency: [Glastonbury and Somerton †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/glastonbury-and-somerton) - Council: [Somerset †](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset) - Region: [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 3.34 km² - People, mid-2024: 8,452* - Neighbourhoods: 5 - Output areas: 30 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Street](https://openindex.co.uk/town/street), [Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wells), [Shepton Mallet](https://openindex.co.uk/town/shepton-mallet), [Bridgwater](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bridgwater), [Midsomer Norton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/midsomer-norton), [Burnham-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/town/burnham-on-sea) ## Latest updates for Glastonbury - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63005861 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/glastonbury, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/glastonbury#f-house-sales-median-price. 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