Total Crime Rate

534.9 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 534.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 212.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 119.6 10/10
  • Public order 59.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 46.5 8/10
  • Other theft 39.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.3 9/10
  • Burglary 16.6 10/10
  • Other crime 10.0 9/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Market Street area has the highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Burnham on Sea North , and the 28th highest crime rate of 1,848 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 Market Street (TA9 3BP) in the last 12 months was 534.9 per 1,000 residents and was 736.1% 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 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -30.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 82 (≈ 272.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Market Street (TA9 3BP), the main crime hotspot is near Market Terrace. Police recorded 86 crimes here, including 51 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Market Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (27/27)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Market Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woodbury Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Market Terrace —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southwell Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southwell Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southwell Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Station Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Caxton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bank Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bank Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodbury Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dorset Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Tyler Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tyler Way —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Newtown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Huntspill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
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Data Sources

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