Useful information

If you're thinking of moving to this beautiful part of the country, we hope you'll find this page useful.

Councils

West Somerset District Council
20 Fore Street
Williton
TA24 4QA

T 01643 703704

Somerset County Council
County Hall
Taunton
TA1 4DY

T 0845 345 9166

Transport

Coach: National Express T 08705 808080
Rail: National Rail Enquiries T 08457 484950

Police

Avon & Somerset T 0845 4567000

Member of Parliament

Constituency: Bridgwater

MP: Ian Liddell-Grainger (Conservative)

Crime rates

West Somerset is not only a beautiful place to live, it's relatively safe and peaceful when compared to the national average.

Crime statistics per 1,000 of population for 2007/2008 are:

Crime West Somerset National Average

Robbery offences 0.1 1.1

Burglary dwelling offences                    1.4                                                           4.3

Theft of a motor vehicle offences        1.1       2.7

Theft from a vehicle offences               2.7                                                           6.9