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TA13

Postcode district

Postcode district covering South Petherton, Hele and Broadmead, in Somerset.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an TA13 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 46% of people in TA13 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£358,500
759th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
4,645
444th least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
46%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How TA13 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

TA13Middle
Median sale price22 postcode districts, TA · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in TA22 areas from £235,000 to £393,750. The middle area is £275,625. TA13 is £358,500.
£358,5002nd most expensive
Population24 postcode districts, TA · 2021
Population: every postcode district in TA24 areas from 652 to 53,134. The middle area is 12,309. TA13 is 4,645.
4,6456th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares24 postcode districts, TA · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in TA24 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 54.0%. TA13 is 46.0%.
46%10th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage24 postcode districts, TA · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in TA24 areas from 7.9% to 95.7%. The middle area is 72.7%. TA13 is 95.7%.
95.7%highest

Is TA13 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TA13 at a rate of 78.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 95.6 per 1,000 people across the TA postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 28 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TA13.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (154), anti-social behaviour (68) and other crime (53).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TA13 was 58.2 per 1,000 people.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Deprivation in TA13, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TA13 has no single figure. Of its 2 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in TA13

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
South Somerset 010B1,59846.0 per 1,000692.7%
South Somerset 010D2,086121.9 per 1,000499.8%

MPs for TA13

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Middle areas in TA131

Postcode sectors in TA131

Council1

Postcode districts next to TA136

More in the TA postcode area2

TA13 in brief

TA13 is a postcode district covering South Petherton, Hele and Broadmead, in Somerset.

About 4,588 people lived in TA13 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £358,500 in 2025 across 66 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 78.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in TA13 was £358,500 in 2025.

TA13 had 4,645 usual residents at the census.

About 46% of people in TA13 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In TA13, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.