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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 (IoD2019). 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 40th of 294 English council areas — better than 86% of them.

Low crime59
Home affordability25
Affordable rents6
Good schools82
Life expectancy89
Low deprivation86
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

20°COvercast

  • Today: 21° / 11° · 25% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:33

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

Crime

92 reported · July 2026 12% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences50
  • Anti-social behaviour12
  • Criminal damage & arson8
  • Shoplifting8

Neighbourhood team: Somer Valley · Avon And Somerset

Local policing priorities

  • There are increasing reports of youths or young people who are driving cars without either licence or not in accordance with their licenc…
  • There has been a ongoing issue with anti-social behaviour and criminal damage to the Holly Court precinct in Midsomer Norton. Shop fronts…

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

Road safety

187 reported road collisions (2024)

41 killed or seriously injured · 249 casualties · 9.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

142 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 113 rated 4–5 ★ (94 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

£404,480 average 0.1% YoY

Across Bath and North East Somerset · to 2026-06

Detached£705,147
Semi-detached£440,465
Terraced£384,310
Flat£238,214

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,881 average monthly rent 7.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,205
  • 2 bed £1,520
  • 3 bed £1,806

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (11.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (2.9 km)

8 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)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 274 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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%)

80inspected 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

186 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes55
  • GP practices26
  • Dentists59
  • 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

380 applications decided

93.2% granted · 354 granted, 26 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Anna Sabine

Liberal Democrat

Frome and East Somerset

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Lab 6
  • Con 2
  • LD 38
  • Grn 3
  • Oth 9

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

9,635 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

208 jobs advertised · £31,680 avg

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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

81% low-carbon electricity

Solar 51% · Wind 26% · Gas 13% · Imports 6%

57 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

Local petitions

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

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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 IoD2019.