Frome North West

Somerset · South West · population 8,819 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

35Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,468 of 6,856 in England
  • #570 of 710 in South West
  • #58 of 71 in Somerset
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,797
Median age (est.)42
Density4,929per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above37%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 27%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 25%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 25%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 12%Other: 13%
One person 37%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 12%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 15% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades12%
Managers & directors11%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary11%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service7%
Administrative7%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 56% · Christian 34% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 10%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Frome North West is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,468 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #58 of 71 in Somerset. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (86) but weak on Crime (20). Typical homes here sold for about £325,000 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 127 sales), 14% above the wider Somerset median of £285,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,299 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 140 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 32 · #4,659
Employment 24 · #5,187
Education 26 · #5,105
Health 46 · #3,734
Crime 20 · #5,475
Housing & access 86 · #985
Living environment 50 · #3,453

House prices ?

£325,000median (12m) · +14.0% yr · n=127
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£325,000127+14.0%+10.6%
Detached£508,75014-16.9%+19.0%
Semi-detached£301,75030-22.6%-7.2%
Terraced£342,50062+12.3%+11.4%
Flat£177,00021-1.7%+2.6%
This area£325,000
Somerset£285,000
South West£310,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£38,299±£5,467 · #3,936 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,788
Price-to-income ?8.5×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

43Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

140 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,231 offences
Somerset79
South West71
England83

Rank #5,791 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences595
Theft166
Burglary37
Vehicle crime23
Criminal damage & arson130
Public order & weapons218
Drugs18
Robbery26
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 282 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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