Total Crime Rate
369.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
97.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Steart Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Burnham on Sea North , and the 63rd highest crime rate of 1,847 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 1DB) in the last 12 months was 369.4 per 1,000 residents and was 412.1% higher than the Burnham on Sea North average (72.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 125.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 26 (β 97.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Steart Avenue (TA8 1DB), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 94 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Highbridge & Burnham South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hudson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cottage Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Atlantic Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lynton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lynton Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Highbridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cottage Row | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Eton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cottage Row | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | South Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | South Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashley Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
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