Total Crime Rate
168.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
75.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Meadow Close area has the 19th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Burnham on Sea North , and the 228th highest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in Somerset .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Meadow Close (TA9 3LP) in the last 12 months was 168.7 per 1,000 residents and was 133.9% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 75.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Meadow Close (TA9 3LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Morland Road, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coronation Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Highbridge & Burnham South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lockyer Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Burnham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tanning Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tanning Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stiling Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stiling Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallace Wells Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Morland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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