Crap Towns / Somerset / Highbridge
Highbridge
69/100Crap Score
Too small for the table, which starts at 10,000 people, but it still scores 69. Higher scores are crapper.
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agree it's crap have defended it
Highbridge. Next to Burnham. Ignored.
The railway works shut. The docks shut. The library shut. Burnham got the beach.
Highbridge had railway works and docks. Now it's a knackered town centre, yobs making a racket at night and roads worse than most for serious crashes. The library's shut. The new estates were promised a community hall and might not get that either.
Crime is up at twice the typical town's rate, robbery at nearly four times. 16 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in or near Highbridge since 2016. Burnham-on-Sea is next door with the beach, getting all the attention. Bloody typical.
What the score is made of
Ten ingredients, each marked out of 100. Higher is crapper.
Highbridge's 89 for anti-social behaviour means it's crapper than 89% of towns.
- Anti-social behaviour89/10026.2 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
- Serious road collisions87/1004.3 per 10,000 people a year, fatal and serious, 2021 to 2025
- Criminal damage and arson79/1009.7 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
- Broadband77/1007.5% of premises can't get gigabit, January 2026, and 24.3% across the Somerset council area
- Rain60/100133 days of rain a year, at least 1 mm, 1991 to 2020 average
- Deliberate fires57/1006.4 per 10,000 people a year, April 2023 to March 2026
- Sewage spills55/100334 spill hours per 10,000 people a year, storm overflows within 1 km, 2023 to 2025
- Food hygiene28/1000.0% rated 0 to 2, of the 33 food businesses with a rating
- Air pollution19/1006.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.4 of fine particles, 2024 average
- Fly-tipping19/1006.2 incidents per 1,000 people a year, Somerset council area, 2023-24 to 2024-25
| Pos | Town | Score |
|---|---|---|
| – | Highbridge | 69 |
| 1 | Bath | 66 |
| 2 | Bridgwater | 57 |
| 3 | Taunton | 52 |
| 4 | Keynsham | 51 |
| 5 | Weston-super-Mare | 51 |
| 6 | Midsomer Norton | 41 |
| In danger of becoming nice from here down.7 | Chard | 38 |
| 8 | Yeovil | 34 |
Below the dashed line: in danger of becoming nice.
Highbridge by numbers
Thinking of moving here? Don't say we didn't warn you.
Crime, muck and dodgy water
- 149 crimes per 1,000 people a year (September 2023 to August 2026) Worse: 2x the typical town's 76.2
- 1 reports of litter and bins on FixMyStreet, the most reported problem in the year to October 2026 Worse: 1.9 per 10,000 people, 2.1x the typical town's 0.9
- 16 serious pollution incidents within 1 km since 2016, the latest in 2020
What's left on the high street
- 2 pubs on the map here as of 1 October 2026
- 1 library shut for good since 2010: Highbridge (2019)
- 1 public toilet on the map (October 2026) Better: 1.9 per 10,000 people, 19% higher than the typical town's 1.6
- None public swimming pools open Worse: Against the typical English town's 0.7 per 10,000 people
Getting about, getting online, getting rained on
- 11.18pm last bus out on a Wednesday Worse: Earlier than the typical town's 12.14am
- 0.3% of premises can't get superfast broadband (January 2026) Better: 40% lower than the typical town's 0.5%
- 5.9% live more than 400 metres from a park or play space Better: 62% lower than the typical town's 15.5%
- 1,629 hours of sunshine a year (1991 to 2020 average) Better: 6% higher than the typical town's 1,532
Somerset council
Have a crap-off
Highbridge against your mate's town, and a match ticket to rub it in.
- ?Fly-tippingper 1,000, council area?
- ?Anti-social behaviourper 1,000 people?
- ?Serious road crashesper 10,000 people?
- ?Sewage spillshours per 10,000 people?
- ?Food hygienerated poor?
- ?Criminal damageper 1,000 people?
- ?Dirty airµg/m³?
- ?No gigabitof premises can't get it?
- ?Deliberate firesper 10,000 people?
- ?Raindays a year?
Ten ingredients. One verdict. Who's crapper? The higher Crap Score takes it.