Total Crime Rate
438.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
249.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bank Street area has the highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Burnham on Sea North , and the 49th 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 Bank Street (TA9 3DA) in the last 12 months was 438.5 per 1,000 residents and was 508.0% 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 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -54.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 75 (≈ 249.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bank Street (TA9 3DA), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 204 crimes here, including 116 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 | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tyler Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tyler Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Terrace | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | King Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southwell Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southwell Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyler Way | Under investigation |
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