Total Crime Rate

216.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 216.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 85.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 48.5 8/10
  • Public order 29.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.2 7/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 6/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Steart Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Burnham on Sea North , and the 138th highest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Steart Avenue (TA8 1DA) in the last 12 months was 216.4 per 1,000 residents and was 238.3% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 48.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Steart Avenue (TA8 1DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brue Crescent (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Steart Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Adam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson South Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Technical Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Adam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cottage Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cottage Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cottage Row —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour John Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sycamore Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oxford Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oxford Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashley Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Oxford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Oxford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Technical Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oxford Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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