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Curry Rivel

Curry Rivel is a village in Somerset, England, with a population of around 1,844. It has no listed amenities, with four bus stops. There were around eight recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly shoplifting. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Curry Rivel area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Somerset area is around the average in England (IoD2025).

Council
Somerset
County
Somerset
Constituency
Somerton and Frome
Police force
Avon and Somerset
42/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 202nd of 294 English council areas — better than 31% of them.

Low crime56
Home affordability54
Affordable rents55
Good schools4
Life expectancy58
Low deprivation45
Low council tax19

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 90% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

8°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 10° / 6° · 39% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:39

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 5.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

5 reported · August 2026▼ 50% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Criminal damage & arson1
  • Drugs1
  • Possession of weapons1

Neighbourhood team: Somerton and Langport · Avon And Somerset

Local policing priorities

  • Priority: To proactively reduce and prevent rural crime across Somerton and surrounding communities through targeted enforcement, communi…
  • One of our neighbourhood priorities is to keep people safe online. We are focusing on protecting vulnerable people from fraud and exploit…

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

856 reported road collisions (2025)

248 killed or seriously injured · 1,148 casualties · 15 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

35 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 32 rated 4–5 ★ (26 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Bridgwater (14.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£282,498 average▲ 2.8% YoY

Across Somerset · to 2026-08

Detached£459,165
Semi-detached£289,787
Terraced£235,285
Flat£136,214

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,016 average monthly rent▲ 6.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £692
  • 2 bed £913
  • 3 bed £1,135

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

8.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.0 times median annual pay (7.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

8,075 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 176.9p · Asda (10.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 203.9p · Asda (10.1 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

3 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 7 kW
  • Nearest: Bow Street Car Park (3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches6
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

571,548 residents in Somerset

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK25,114
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK20,841
  • Net moves+4,273

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 134 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,561 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 272,060)

A £1,707
B £1,992
C £2,276
D £2,561
E £3,130
F £3,699
G £4,268
H £5,121

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

306 schools · 76,894 pupils

218 primary · 28 secondary · 60 other

Ofsted: 100 of 137 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (73%)

264 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • The Castle SchoolOutstanding
  • Buckler's Mead SchoolGood
  • Court Fields SchoolGood
  • Haygrove SchoolGood
  • Holyrood AcademyGood
  • Preston School AcademyGood
  • Sexey's SchoolGood
  • St Dunstan's SchoolGood
  • The King Alfred SchoolGood
  • WhitstoneGood
  • Ansford AcademyRequires improvement
  • West Somerset CollegeRequires improvement
  • Huish Episcopi AcademyInadequate
  • Monkton Wood AcademyInadequate
  • Bishop Fox's School
  • Brymore Academy
  • Chilton Trinity School
  • Crispin School Academy
  • Frome Community College
  • King Arthur's School
  • Kingsmead Academy
  • Pyrland School
  • Robert Blake Academy
  • Stanchester Academy
  • The Blue School
  • The Kings of Wessex Academy
  • Wadham School
  • Westfield Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Somerset

Care & health services

555 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes197
  • GP practices73
  • Dentists106
  • Homecare agencies126
  • Hospitals & hospices25

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Somerset

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 59 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

762 applications decided

89% granted · 678 granted, 84 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Sarah Dyke

Liberal Democrat

Glastonbury and Somerton

Recent votes:

  • NoRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Lab 5
  • Con 31
  • LD 61
  • Grn 5
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 6

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

28,585 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised · £35,000 avg

e.g. Manufacturing Operations / Supervisor

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£711 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,473 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

58% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 50,033 certificates

10.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

5% low-carbon electricity

Gas 95% · Wind 5%

375 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 80.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 63 women · 62.8 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Health services

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in TA10

  • Langport Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Glastonbury and Somerton:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Curry Rivel · 0.0 km

    Curry Rivel is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, around 6 miles (10 km) west of Somerton and 10 miles (16 km) east of Taunton in the South Somerset district. The parish had a population of 2,347 at the…

  • St Andrew's Church, Curry Rivel · 0.2 km

    The Church of St Andrew in Curry Rivel, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century and is designated as a Grade I listed building. It was included in Simon Jenkins England's Thousand Best Churches.

  • Drayton, Somerset · 1.2 km

    Drayton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, located less than a mile from Curry Rivel and five miles southwest of Somerton in the South Somerset district. It adjoins the River Isle, near its confluence…

  • St Catherine's Church, Drayton · 1.3 km

    The Church of St Catherine in Drayton, Somerset, England dates from the 15th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

  • Burton Pynsent Monument · 1.5 km

    The 140 feet (43 m) Burton Pynsent Monument on Troy Hill at Burton Pynsent, within the parish of Curry Rivel, Somerset, England, was built in 1767 and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

  • Burton Pynsent House · 2.0 km

    Burton Pynsent House is a historic country-house in the parish of Curry Rivel, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. The house was built in stages between 1565 and 1765, when it was bequeathed to Willi…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Curry Rivel?
Curry Rivel is a town in Somerset, England, in the Somerset local authority.
What is the population of Curry Rivel?
Curry Rivel has an approximate settlement population of 1,844.
How deprived is Curry Rivel?
The Somerset local authority, which includes Curry Rivel, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.