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1,372 people call this village in Somerset, South West home.
Newton St Loe is a safe place by the numbers: 2.2 violent or sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, plus 0.2 home and vehicle crimes. Work and incomes are strong: households earn a mean £56,354 a year, and 1.1% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Its weakest subject is cost of living: rent £1,885 a month. Schools are weaker too — primary results beat 17% of towns in England; secondary results beat 66% of towns in England.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · income, ONS · claimants, DWP. Below 2,500 residents there is no overall grade, so Newton St Loe has its subject grades alone.
The 3 things Newton St Loe 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 Newton St Loe is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists them inside Newton St Loe’s built-up area, along with 1 scheduled monument.
40% 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 Newton St Loe.
Children under 15 make up 1.5%, below both Somerset’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%). 3.2% of residents are 65 or over. Half of Newton St Loe is older than 18.8, half younger. Degrees are held by nearly one in ten adults.
60% women, 40% men
About 65 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Newton St Loe is a campus town: students living in halls or boarding houses count as residents.
| Newton St Loe | Somerset | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 1.5% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 87% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 3.6% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 4.6% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 3.2% | 23% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 1.3% | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 0.8% | 6.1% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 82% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 8.9% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Somerset and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Half of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences. In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 8 crimes and 1 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Newton St Loe’s built-up area. For its size, Newton St Loe records less crime per resident than 100% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 0.5 reports per 1,000, lower than both Somerset’s towns (7.3) and England’s towns (7.8).
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 · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Of Newton St Loe’s 6 listed buildings on Historic England’s list, Grade I counts 3 and Grade II* 2. Its listed buildings include the Castle Keep in the Grounds of Newton Park, Grade I. Listed buildings per head: 44 for every 10,000 residents of the town.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The owner-occupied share of households is 17%.
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 29% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The census found 46% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Work in town: 3% of resident commuters. Newton St Loe counts 4 jobs per working resident.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Newton St Loe has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 1.9 miles away. 3.3% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, below both Somerset’s towns (5.1%) and England’s towns (5.2%). Men in Newton St Loe can expect to live to 80.7, women to 87.9 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Newton St Loe | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 84% | 82% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.3% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 27% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Newton St Loe. Best known first.
CastleNewton St Loe Castlein town
MuseumHerschel Museum of Astronomy4.8 km outside town, to the east
MuseumBeckford's Tower4.7 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumBath Postal Museum4.8 km outside town, to the east
MuseumNo.1 Royal Crescent Museum4.8 km outside town, to the east
MuseumBath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution4.9 km outside town, to the eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton St Loe | 1,372 | — | — | C− | A+ | B− |
| Saltford | 4,133 | 2.1 | A | D | A− | A− |
| Farmborough | 1,106 | 2.8 | — | D | B+ | A− |
| Bath | 94,080 | 3 | B− | D | D | B |
| Timsbury | 2,506 | 3.5 | B | C | B+ | A− |
| Keynsham | 19,257 | 3.6 | C+ | C− | C− | B− |
| Peasedown St John | 6,668 | 4.1 | B | C | B | B |
| High Littleton | 1,655 | 4.5 | — | C− | B− | B |
Farmborough and High Littleton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Village in Somerset, England
Newton St Loe is a built-up area of 1,372 people, in the Bath and North East Somerset 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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