Crime Rates at Victoria Street, Burnham-on-sea, TA8 1AN

Victoria Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Burnham on Sea North , and the 103rd highest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Victoria Street (TA8 1AN) in the last 12 months was 258.5 per 1,000 residents and was 304.1% higher than the Burnham on Sea North average (64.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 153.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Victoria Street (TA8 1AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Vicarage Street, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near College Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.