Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 9,983 residents, it is a town in Somerset, South West.
The data are hard on it. Safety lags: 42.2 violent and sexual offences and 13.9 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Against UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, it has more crime per resident than 88%. With a C− overall, Radstock is better than 18% of UK towns and ranks #35 of 49 in Somerset. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (B): 15% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. It takes 4.4 years of household income in the Bath and North East Somerset council area to buy the median home, at £265,000.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes, ONS.
The 3 things Radstock 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 Radstock is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 21 buildings inside Radstock’s built-up area.
21% 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 Radstock.
The 12 months to August 2026 brought 762 recorded crimes inside Radstock’s built-up area, and 134 reports of anti-social behaviour. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 13.4 reports per 1,000, higher than both Somerset’s towns (7.2) and England’s towns (7.8). Violence and sexual offences made up 55% of the total.
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.
Secondary results at the 3 secondary schools within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 47.5, with 46% at grade 5 or above in English and maths. At the town’s 3 primary schools, 52% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Some 1,417 pupils attend Radstock’s three primaries and one secondary.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Church SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 185 | B+ |
| Writhlington SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 894 | C− |
2 GP practices serve the town; 90% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Radstock is Royal United Hospital Bath, 7.5 miles away. A disability affects 18% of people in the town.
| Census 2021 | Radstock | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 82% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · A young population flatters these answers, which are not age-adjusted; the Health Grade instead uses measures that allow for age, such as life expectancy and early deaths.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 21% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Radstock counts 0.6 jobs per working resident. Working mainly from home: just over a fifth of workers, below both Somerset’s towns (29%) and England’s towns (31%). Income per household averages £50K a year, before tax. Work in town: 13% of resident commuters.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Half of the 365 standard sales inside Radstock’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £265,000. Private rents average £1,885 a month across the Bath and North East Somerset council area. Owners make up 67% of households, near Somerset’s towns (67%) and higher than England’s towns (61%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £405,000 | 45 |
| Semi-detached | £290,000 | 107 |
| Terraced | £250,000 | 169 |
| Flat or maisonette | £170,000 | 44 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
For its size, Radstock has 21 listed buildings per 10,000 residents, below Somerset’s towns (94) and England’s towns (39) alike.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The 65-and-over age group makes up 17% of residents. 19% are under 15, above both Somerset’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%). At 38.5, the median resident of Radstock sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Radstock | Somerset | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 17% | 23% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.3% | 6.1% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 24% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Somerset and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
21 listed buildings in Radstock.
Parish Church of St Nicholas: Photo: Nigel Shoosmith · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 2, Market Place: Photo: Sandy Gerrard · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph · The Waldegrave Arms Hotel: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Church of the Holy Trinity: Photo: ChurchCrawler · CC BY-SA 2.0
3 notable people were born in Radstock.
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radstock | 9,983 | — | C− | B− | C− | C |
| Midsomer Norton | 13,749 | 1.4 | B | C | C | B |
| Peasedown St John | 6,668 | 2.1 | B | C | B | B |
| Paulton | 6,502 | 2.4 | B | C+ | B | B− |
| Timsbury | 2,506 | 2.7 | B | C | B+ | A− |
| Chilcompton | 1,857 | 2.8 | — | D | A− | B |
| High Littleton | 1,655 | 3.3 | — | C− | B− | B |
| Coleford | 2,235 | 3.4 | — | B | B+ | B− |
Chilcompton, High Littleton and Coleford have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
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Town in Somerset, England
Radstock is a built-up area of 9,983 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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