Total Crime Rate

130.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

49.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 130.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 49.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.7 7/10
  • Other theft 16.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.2 9/10
  • Public order 8.2 7/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ashley Avenue area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Burnham on Sea North , and the 328th highest crime rate of 1,847 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 Ashley Avenue (TA8 1LH) in the last 12 months was 130.6 per 1,000 residents and was 81.1% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 49.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashley Avenue (TA8 1LH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oxford Street, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sutherland Avenue (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ashley Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Priory Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Oxford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Priory Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hudson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lynton Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lynton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Eton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Eton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Highbridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ashley Avenue —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Highbridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jaycroft Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Steart Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Quantock Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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