Total Crime Rate
170.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
70.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Vicarage Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Burnham on Sea North , and the 224th 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 Vicarage Street (TA8 1DX) in the last 12 months was 170.9 per 1,000 residents and was 136.9% higher than the Burnham on Sea North average (72.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 70.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vicarage Street (TA8 1DX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near South Street (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burnham on Sea North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shearn Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | South Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | South Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Victoria Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cottage Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cottage Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cottage Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Street South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vicarage Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Victoria Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adam Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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