Total Crime Rate
206.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
146.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Burnham Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Burnham on Sea North , and the 182nd 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 Burnham Road (TA9 3EQ) in the last 12 months was 206.0 per 1,000 residents and was 185.6% 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 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 146.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burnham Road (TA9 3EQ), the main crime hotspot is near Gulliford Close. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 39 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 | Gulliford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burnham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parsons Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mallard Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gulliford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burnham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gulliford Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gulliford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gulliford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gulliford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cassis Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Talbot Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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