Crime Statistics for Burnham-on-Sea, Sedgemoor, Somerset, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Burnham-on-Sea in September 2024. There were a total of 111 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Burnham-on-Sea, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	52
Anti Social Behaviour	14
Other Theft	9
Public Order	8
Shoplifting	7
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Other Crime	4
Vehicle Crime	3
Burglary	2
Drugs	2
Bicycle Theft	2
Robbery	2
All Crime	111

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Burnham-on-Sea. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Burnham-on-Sea

We've taken the ten nearest places to Burnham-on-Sea and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Burnham-on-Sea has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Highbridge (1.75 miles)	114
Walrow (2.24 miles)	106
Edithmead (1.24 miles)	103
Burnham-on-Sea	100
Alstone (1.96 miles)	87
Berrow (1.96 miles)	8
Hackness (3.1 miles)	4
Brent Knoll (1.96 miles)	4
Watchfield (2.77 miles)	3
Northwick (3.16 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Burnham-on-Sea?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Burnham-on-Sea and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Highbridge	98
Edithmead	55
Burnham-on-Sea	52
Walrow	48
Alstone	38
Berrow	6
Hackness	4
Brent Knoll	3
Watchfield	2
Northwick	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Burnham-on-Sea?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Burnham-on-Sea to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Burnham-on-Sea compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Burnham-on-Sea and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Resident in Burnham-on-Sea have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Berrow.

#	Ward	Score
1	Berrow	89
2	Weston-super-Mare Uphill	68
3	Highbridge and Burnham Marine	63
4	Bridgwater Fairfax	49
5	Huntspill and Pawlett	39
6	Puriton and Woolavington	36
7	Hutton & Locking	36
8	King's Isle	33
9	Burnham Central	29
10	Knoll	29
11	Burnham North	21

Which road in Burnham-on-Sea has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Burnham-on-Sea with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.