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With 1,057 residents, it is a village in Somerset, South West.
Recorded crime is low: 3.5 violent and sexual offences and 3.8 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Pupils here do better than most: primary results beat 98% of towns in England. Cost of living is its weak spot: a typical home costs £435,000 and rent runs £1,016 a month. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for jobs & income, B− for walkability and B− for hazard risk.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · income, ONS · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021 · flood risk, Environment Agency. Below 2,500 residents there is no overall grade, so North Curry has its subject grades alone.
ONS publishes one rent for all of Somerset, so this town's Cost Grade uses house prices and council tax only.
The 3 things North Curry 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 North Curry is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists them inside North Curry’s built-up area.
36% 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 North Curry.
44% of adults hold a degree, above Somerset’s towns (32%) and England’s towns (34%) alike. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 8.1% of residents. Ages in North Curry split evenly at 52.9: half are older, half younger.
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| North Curry | Somerset | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 34% | 23% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 3.4% | 6.1% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 44% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Somerset and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
North Curry CofE Primary School’s results beat 85% of schools in England like it. Its only school is listed below. At the 3 primary schools within 3 km, 78% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Curry CofE Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 146 | A |
The 12 months to August 2026 brought 13 recorded crimes inside North Curry’s built-up area, and 2 reports of anti-social behaviour. Among the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, North Curry has less crime per resident than 99% of them. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 1.9 reports per 1,000, below both Somerset’s towns (7.3) and England’s towns (7.8). Violence and sexual offences were 46% of the crimes.
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.
North Curry’s listed buildings include the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Grade I. It counts 44 listed buildings on the national list (Historic England): 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II*. Also worth knowing: homes built before 1919 account for 36% of the housing. Conservation areas cover just over a fifth of the town’s land, above both Somerset’s towns (8%) and England’s towns (7%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Social housing holds one in ten households. 11% rent privately, below Somerset’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (21%) alike. The £435,000 median rests on 43 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £537,500 | 30 |
| Semi-detached | £335,000 | 6 |
| Terraced | £243,000 | 7 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The nearest A&E to North Curry is Musgrove Park Hospital, 6.5 miles away. Women here live to 86.7 on average and men to 81.4 (2019–23). One GP practice serves the town; 93% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | North Curry | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 83% | 82% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.7% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 40% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
1.8% of 16 to 64s claimed unemployment benefits in 2026, below Somerset’s towns (2.1%) and England’s towns (2.3%) alike. At the census, 84% of commuters went by car. The census counted 40% of workers working mainly from home.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near North Curry. Best known first.
FortAthelney4 km outside town, to the northeast
FortTaunton Stop Line1.8 km outside town, to the southwest
Historic houseWillows and Wetlands Visitor Centre2.7 km outside town, to the northeastAttractionAttractionCoates English Willow Visitor Centre1.8 km outside town, to the northeastPhotos: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Curry | 1,057 | — | — | D | A+ | A− |
| Creech St Michael | 2,327 | 3 | — | C | B− | B+ |
| Ruishton | 1,476 | 3.3 | — | C− | C− | B+ |
| Monkton Heathfield | 4,584 | 3.8 | C+ | B− | C− | B+ |
| Curry Rivel | 2,009 | 4.4 | — | C− | B− | B |
| North Petherton | 3,180 | 5.1 | C− | C | C− | C+ |
| Taunton | 61,667 | 5.6 | C− | C | D | C |
| Horton and Broadway | 1,212 | 6.1 | — | D | A | B |
Creech St Michael, Ruishton, Curry Rivel and Horton and Broadway have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Primary results beat 98% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Somerset council.
That is 17.1 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Peter and St Paul.
Village in Somerset, England
North Curry is a built-up area of 1,057 people, in the Somerset West and Taunton 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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