Total Crime Rate

223.7 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 223.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 137.5 10/10
  • Other theft 29.7 10/10
  • Public order 18.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Robbery 5.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Talbot Close area has the 9th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Burnham on Sea North , and the 130th 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 Talbot Close (TA9 3AX) in the last 12 months was 223.7 per 1,000 residents and was 249.7% 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 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 161.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Talbot Close (TA9 3AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Burnham Road, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near East Avenue (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Talbot Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime West Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kiln Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gulliford Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gulliford Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gulliford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gulliford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gulliford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Huish Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kiln Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Willet Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kiln Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pearce Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cuthbert Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cuthbert Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Lockyer Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Newtown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willet Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gulliford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Talbot Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tregelles Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Avenue —
Sep 2025Other theft Tregelles Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tregelles Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mallard Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Talbot Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Avenue —

Data Sources

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