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Hinton St George

Hinton St George is a village in Somerset, England, with a population of around 442. It has the nearest railway station at Crewkerne, 5.2 km away, and the average sold house price is around £591,600. There were around 4 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Hinton St George area — all from official UK open data.

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

Council
Somerset
County
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil
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

11°CSunny

  • Today: 13° / 5° · 15% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:46

9h 43m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

59US AQI · Moderate

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

1 reported · August 2026

  • Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Crewkerne Rural · Avon And Somerset

Local policing priorities

  • Local Schools at Merriott and local villages Ensuring the safety and well-being of all students, staff, and families within the school co…
  • Merriott and Hinton St George Villages We have received numerous reports of anti-social behaviour within the villages of Merriott and Hin…

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

26 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 23 rated 4–5 ★ (23 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Crewkerne (5.2 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Crewkerne (5.2 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: 169.9p · Asda (11.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 197.7p · Asda (11.7 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Fairways Bed and Breakfast (3.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches1
  • Playgrounds1

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

  • In a conservation area (Hinton St George)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 51 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

Adam Dance

Liberal Democrat

Yeovil

Recent votes:

  • AyeOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

28,585 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

3 jobs advertised · £22,080 avg

e.g. QA Team Leader, Car Delivery Driver, Bike Delivery Rider

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

28% low-carbon electricity

Gas 72% · Solar 27% · Wind 1%

284 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Yeovil:

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

Notable places nearby

  • St George's Church, Hinton St George · 0.1 km

    The Church of St George in Hinton St George, Somerset, England includes 13th-century work by masons of Wells Cathedral, and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

  • Hinton House · 0.3 km

    Hinton House is a large country house near Hinton St George in Somerset, England.

  • Hinton St George · 0.5 km

    Hinton St George is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated 3 miles (4.8 km) outside Crewkerne, 10 miles (16.1 km) south west of Yeovil. The village has a population of 442.

  • Lopen Roman Mosaic · 1.5 km

    The Lopen Roman Mosaic is a Roman mosaic, probably from a Roman villa, in the village of Lopen, Somerset, England.

  • Dinnington, Somerset · 1.5 km

    Dinnington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Somerset, situated 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Crewkerne in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 65.

  • Church of St Nicholas, Dinnington · 1.8 km

    The Anglican Church of St Nicholas in Dinnington, Somerset, England was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Hinton St George?
Hinton St George is a town in Somerset, England, in the Somerset local authority.
What is the population of Hinton St George?
Hinton St George has an approximate settlement population of 442.
How deprived is Hinton St George?
The Somerset local authority, which includes Hinton St George, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.