Total Crime Rate
236.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
145.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bishops Place area has the 9th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Burnham on Sea North , and the 147th highest crime rate of 1,847 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 Bishops Place (TA9 3EB) in the last 12 months was 236.1 per 1,000 residents and was 227.3% 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 95 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 105 (≈ 145.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 39.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bishops Place (TA9 3EB), 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 | Shoplifting | Market Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Caxton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | King Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caxton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caxton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caxton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Station Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Burnham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Woodbury Court | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tyler Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southwell Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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