Crap Towns / Somerset / Wincanton
Wincanton
32/100Crap Score
Locals call it Winky.
Too small for the table, which starts at 10,000 people, but it still scores 32. Higher scores are crapper.
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Ankh-Morpork's twin. Seriously.
Wincanton is twinned with Ankh-Morpork from Discworld. It's the most exciting thing about it.
Wincanton has a racecourse, streets named after Discworld and a twin town that doesn't exist. It's also got empty shops, derelict buildings in the middle of town, drains that block and roads that flood. The sewage goes in the Cale and there's litter about.
There's no park on the map and 67.2% of people live more than 400 metres from one, over four times the typical town's share. On a Sunday there's barely a bus, and some idiot keeps setting fire to the bins. The pubs are fine.
What the score is made of
Ten ingredients, each marked out of 100. Higher is crapper.
Wincanton's 83 for broadband means it's crapper than 83% of towns.
- Broadband83/10010.8% of premises can't get gigabit, January 2026, and 24.3% across the Somerset council area
- Sewage spills83/100992 spill hours per 10,000 people a year, storm overflows within 1 km, 2023 to 2025
- Deliberate fires69/1009.5 per 10,000 people a year, April 2023 to March 2026
- Rain66/100139 days of rain a year, at least 1 mm, 1991 to 2020 average
- Criminal damage and arson51/1007.1 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
- Food hygiene40/1001.7% rated 0 to 2, of the 58 food businesses with a rating
- Anti-social behaviour28/10011.7 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
- Fly-tipping19/1006.2 incidents per 1,000 people a year, Somerset council area, 2023-24 to 2024-25
- Air pollution16/1005.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.8 of fine particles, 2024 average
- Serious road collisions16/1001.2 per 10,000 people a year, fatal and serious, 2021 to 2025
| Pos | Town | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Midsomer Norton | 41 |
| In danger of becoming nice from here down.7 | Chard | 38 |
| 8 | Yeovil | 34 |
| 9 | Minehead | 33 |
| – | Wincanton | 32 |
| 10 | Frome | 31 |
| 11 | Wellington | 27 |
| 12 | Street | 17 |
| 13 | Portishead | 16 |
Below the dashed line: in danger of becoming nice.
Wincanton by numbers
Thinking of moving here? Don't say we didn't warn you.
Crime, muck and dodgy water
- 77.7 crimes per 1,000 people a year (September 2023 to August 2026) About the same: About the same as the typical town's 76.2
- 1 reports of potholes and bad road surfaces on FixMyStreet, the most reported problem in the year to October 2026 Better: 1.5 per 10,000 people, 56% lower than the typical town's 3.4
What's left on the high street
- 6 pubs on the map here as of 1 October 2026
- 1 public toilet on the map (October 2026) Worse: 1.5 per 10,000 people, 6% lower than the typical town's 1.6
- 1 public swimming pool open Better: 1.5 per 10,000 people, 2.1x the typical English town's 0.7
- 1 place on England's Heritage at Risk register
Getting about, getting online, getting rained on
- 8.35pm last bus out on a Wednesday Worse: Earlier than the typical town's 12.14am
- 0.2% of premises can't get superfast broadband (January 2026) Better: 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%
- 67.2% live more than 400 metres from a park or play space, and OS maps no public park here Worse: 4.3x the typical town's 15.5%
- 1,558 hours of sunshine a year (1991 to 2020 average) About the same: About the same as the typical town's 1,532
Somerset council
Have a crap-off
Wincanton 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.