Glastonbury
TownTown in Somerset, South West.
Glastonbury is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Glastonbury add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Gigabit coverage by town
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Glastonbury, 88.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How Glastonbury compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Glastonbury safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Glastonbury at a rate of 166.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across South West.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 117 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Glastonbury.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (451), anti-social behaviour (264) and other crime (259).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Glastonbury was 146.7 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 Glastonbury, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Glastonbury has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Glastonbury
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mendip 011A | 1,359 | 561.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 65.3% |
| Mendip 011D | 2,673 | 64.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.6% |
| Mendip 011E | 1,429 | 49.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.1% |
| Mendip 011F | 2,179 | 97.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 82.1% |
| Mendip 012A | 1,340 | 232.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.9% |
Your MP
- Sarah DykeLiberal DemocratMP for Glastonbury and Somerton
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Glastonbury1
Middle areas in Glastonbury1
Towns near Glastonbury6
Glastonbury in brief
Glastonbury is a town in Somerset, South West.
About 8,452 people lived in Glastonbury in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £269,000 in 2025 across 184 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 166.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Glastonbury was £269,000 in 2025.
Glastonbury had 8,304 usual residents at the census.
In Glastonbury, 88.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Glastonbury, 4.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.