Total Crime Rate
168.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
75.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Poplar Estate area has the 19th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Burnham on Sea North , and the 228th highest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in Somerset .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Poplar Estate (TA9 3AW) in the last 12 months was 168.7 per 1,000 residents and was 133.9% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 75.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Poplar Estate (TA9 3AW), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 154 crimes here, including 102 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 | Market Terrace | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tanning Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | John Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lockyer Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Morland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tanning Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cuthbert Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cuthbert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cuthbert Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kimber Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stiling Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southwell Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southwell Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Terrace | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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