Total Crime Rate

191.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 191.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 131.3 10/10
  • Other theft 20.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.0 6/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Shoplifting 3.0 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Burnham Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Burnham on Sea North , and the 178th 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 Burnham Road (TA9 3EH) in the last 12 months was 191.0 per 1,000 residents and was 198.6% 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 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -88.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 134.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Burnham Road (TA9 3EH), 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 Burnham Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Avenue —
Sep 2025Other crime West Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highburn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Highburn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mallard Place —
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Data Sources

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