Total Crime Rate

98.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

49.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 98.8 8/10
  • Violent crimes 49.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.0 9/10
  • Other theft 9.3 7/10
  • Public order 6.2 5/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

South Avenue area has the 26th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Burnham on Sea North , and the 474th highest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in Somerset .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around South Avenue (TA9 3EY) in the last 12 months was 98.8 per 1,000 residents and was 36.9% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 49.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around South Avenue (TA9 3EY), 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.

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Crime Over Time in South Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parsons Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gulliford Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Talbot Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Highburn Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gulliford Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gulliford Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gulliford Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gulliford Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gulliford Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burnham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burnham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burnham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Burnham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Burnham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mallard Place Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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