Total Crime Rate
30.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rosewood Avenue area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Burnham on Sea North , and the 515th lowest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in Somerset .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rosewood Avenue (TA8 1HE) in the last 12 months was 30.8 per 1,000 residents and was 57.3% lower 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 Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 23.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rosewood Avenue (TA8 1HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Truro Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Highbridge & Burnham South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Priory Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Luke'S Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quantock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashcott Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Walk | Under investigation |
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