Total Crime Rate

268.5 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 268.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 78.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 69.4 9/10
  • Public order 32.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.2 9/10
  • Burglary 13.9 9/10
  • Drugs 9.3 8/10
  • Other crime 9.3 9/10
  • Other theft 4.6 5/10
  • Robbery 4.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Cottage Row area has the 5th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Burnham on Sea North , and the 98th 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 Cottage Row (TA8 1NZ) in the last 12 months was 268.5 per 1,000 residents and was 319.8% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 115.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cottage Row (TA8 1NZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near College Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cottage Row area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/30)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Adam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Adam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cottage Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Oxford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Public order Oxford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oxford Street —
Sep 2025Burglary High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Dunstan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order College Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order College Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oxford Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oxford Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Technical Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Technical Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cottage Row —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cottage Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Princess Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Princess Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sycamore Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Esplanade —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson South Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour John Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
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Data Sources

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