Midsomer Norton
TownTown in Bath and North East Somerset, South West.
Midsomer Norton is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Midsomer Norton 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.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Midsomer Norton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Midsomer Norton compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Midsomer Norton safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Midsomer Norton at a rate of 68.5 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, 69 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Midsomer Norton.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (402), anti-social behaviour (159) and other crime (159).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Midsomer Norton was 69.2 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 Midsomer Norton, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Midsomer Norton has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Midsomer Norton
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bath and North East Somerset 025A | 1,486 | 46.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 74.9% |
| Bath and North East Somerset 025B | 1,519 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Bath and North East Somerset 025C | 1,712 | 30.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.0% |
| Bath and North East Somerset 025D | 1,499 | 130.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.2% |
| Bath and North East Somerset 026D | 1,875 | 95.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.5% |
| Bath and North East Somerset 027A | 2,181 | 27.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Bath and North East Somerset 027B | 2,341 | 74.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.6% |
| Bath and North East Somerset 027C | 1,458 | 111.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.1% |
Your MP
- Anna SabineLiberal DemocratMP for Frome and East Somerset
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 Midsomer Norton1
Middle areas in Midsomer Norton2
Towns near Midsomer Norton6
Midsomer Norton in brief
Midsomer Norton is a town in Bath and North East Somerset, South West.
About 13,893 people lived in Midsomer Norton in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £320,000 in 2025 across 219 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 68.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Midsomer Norton was £320,000 in 2025.
Midsomer Norton had 13,749 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Midsomer Norton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Midsomer Norton, 93.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.