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Radstock

Radstock is a town in Somerset, England, with a population of around 5,275. It has around 2 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and around 36 restaurants and cafés, along with 33 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Midsomer Norton, 1.6 km away, the average sold house price is around £351,206, and there were around 58 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Radstock area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Bath and North East Somerset area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 193,409 residents at roughly 559 people per km².

Council
Bath and North East Somerset
County
Somerset
Constituency
North East Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
66/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 39th of 294 English council areas — better than 87% of them.

Low crime60
Home affordability25
Affordable rents6
Good schools82
Life expectancy89
Low deprivation85
Employment96
Low council tax63

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

8°COvercast

  • Today: 10° / 7° · 29% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:38

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

55 reported · August 2026▼ 37% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences30
  • Anti-social behaviour8
  • Shoplifting5
  • Criminal damage & arson4

1 stop & searches · mostly firearms

Neighbourhood team: Somer Valley · Avon And Somerset

Local policing priorities

  • There has been a ongoing issue with anti-social behaviour and criminal damage to the Holly Court precinct in Midsomer Norton. Shop fronts…
  • The local policing team have been made aware of a large number of reports regarding anti-social behaviour and criminal damage in the area…

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

Road safety

202 reported road collisions (2025)

69 killed or seriously injured · 250 casualties · 10.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

140 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 112 rated 4–5 ★ (93 top)
  • 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Midsomer Norton (2.9 km)
  • 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Oldfield Park (10.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£406,084 average▼ 1.8% YoY

Across Bath and North East Somerset · to 2026-08

Detached£710,239
Semi-detached£441,748
Terraced£386,635
Flat£237,954

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,885 average monthly rent▲ 7.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,207
  • 2 bed £1,523
  • 3 bed £1,811

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

Affordability

10.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.4 times median annual pay (10.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,395 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: 158.9p · Esso (11.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.1 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

15 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Revive_BANES (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms2
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches11
  • Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

193,409 residents in Bath and North East Somerset · 559/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 64%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK19,824
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK19,688
  • Net moves+136

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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 252 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,383 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 86,890)

A £1,589
B £1,854
C £2,119
D £2,383
E £2,913
F £3,443
G £3,972
H £4,767

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

Schools

94 schools · 31,546 pupils

63 primary · 14 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 39 of 41 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Beechen Cliff SchoolGood
  • IKB AcademyGood
  • Lift BroadlandsGood
  • Oldfield SchoolGood
  • Saint Gregory's Catholic CollegeGood
  • St Mark's CofE SchoolGood
  • Writhlington SchoolGood
  • Chew Valley School
  • Hayesfield Girls School
  • Norton Hill Academy
  • Ralph Allen School
  • Somerset Studio School
  • Somervale Secondary School
  • Wellsway School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bath and North East Somerset

Care & health services

189 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes55
  • GP practices26
  • Dentists62
  • Homecare agencies29
  • Hospitals & hospices4

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bath and North East Somerset

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Radstock)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 28 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

479 applications decided

96.5% granted · 462 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Anna Sabine

Liberal Democrat

Frome and East Somerset

Recent votes:

  • NoRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1
  • AyeOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Lab 6
  • Con 2
  • LD 38
  • Grn 3
  • Oth 10

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens8
  • Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,780 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

139 jobs advertised · £34,844 avg

e.g. Deputy Manager, Maintenance Operative, Graduate EICA Design Engineer

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£790 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,582 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 93,877 certificates

10.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

23% low-carbon electricity

Gas 77% · Solar 18% · Wind 6%

302 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 65.6 women · 65.3 men

52% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

5 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in BA3

  • Hope House Surgery
  • Somer Valley Medical Group
  • Westfield Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Frome and East Somerset:

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

Notable places nearby

  • River Somer · 0.1 km

    The River Somer is a small river in Somerset, England.

  • Radstock North railway station · 0.2 km

    Radstock North railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway in the county of Somerset in England.

  • Radstock West railway station · 0.2 km

    Radstock West railway station was a station on the Bristol and North Somerset Railway which served the town of Radstock in Somerset, England.

  • Radstock · 0.2 km

    Radstock is a town and civil parish on the northern slope of the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England, about 9 miles (14 km) south-west of Bath and 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Frome. It is within the area of the unitar…

  • Norton Radstock · 0.3 km

    Norton Radstock was formerly a civil parish in Somerset, England. It covered the closely adjoining towns of Midsomer Norton and Radstock, along with the smaller settlements of Clandown, Haydon, Westfield, and Writhlin…

  • Radstock Museum · 0.3 km

    Radstock Museum in Radstock, Somerset, England has a range of exhibits which offer an insight into North Somerset life since the nineteenth century.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Radstock?
Radstock is a town in Somerset, England, in the Bath and North East Somerset local authority.
What is the population of Radstock?
Radstock has an approximate settlement population of 5,275.
How deprived is Radstock?
The Bath and North East Somerset local authority, which includes Radstock, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.