Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A village of 2,165 in Somerset, South West.
Evercreech has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Its strongest subject is hazard risk (A): 0% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. Its weakest is schools (D−): primary results beat 5% of towns in England. The median home sold for £277,500 in the last three years, 5.2 times what households in the Mendip council area earn in a year.
ONS publishes one rent for all of Somerset, so this town's Cost Grade uses house prices and council tax only.
The 3 things Evercreech does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Evercreech is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists them inside Evercreech’s built-up area, along with 1 scheduled monument.
26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Evercreech.
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evercreech Church of England Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 198 | D |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Evercreech sits above both Somerset’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (16%) on this measure. Evercreech has 157 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents. Evercreech’s listed buildings include Church of St Peter, Grade I.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 23% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
That puts Evercreech below both Somerset’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (27%). For 26% of commuters, work was under 5 km away.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
On this, Evercreech is below both Somerset’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (21%). Owners make up 70% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £395,000 | 25 |
| Semi-detached | £262,500 | 31 |
| Terraced | £263,000 | 19 |
| Flat or maisonette | £121,750 | 6 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
In the comparison, Evercreech comes above both Somerset’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (17%). Evercreech has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 3.1 miles away. These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
| Census 2021 | Evercreech | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 82% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.7% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
Police recorded 82 crimes inside Evercreech’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 24 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 59% of the crimes; the police category includes harassment and stalking, so it runs higher than U.S. “violent crime”.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
For Evercreech, that is below both Somerset’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (12%). 26% of residents are 65 or over. The median resident of Evercreech is 49.1 years old.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Evercreech | Somerset | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 26% | 23% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.8% | 6.1% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 26% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Somerset and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evercreech | 2,165 | — | — | B | B− | B− |
| Shepton Mallet | 9,645 | 3.4 | C− | B | C− | C+ |
| Bruton | 2,816 | 3.5 | B | C | C+ | A− |
| Pilton | 1,104 | 3.6 | — | D | C+ | A+ |
| Castle Cary | 3,451 | 4 | B− | C+ | C− | B+ |
| Coleford | 2,235 | 7 | — | B | B+ | B− |
| Wells | 12,097 | 7.5 | D | C− | C− | B− |
| Wincanton | 6,744 | 7.6 | C− | C+ | C− | B− |
Pilton and Coleford have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Somerset council.
That is 6.4 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Peter. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Village in Somerset, England
Evercreech is a built-up area of 2,165 people, in the Mendip council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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