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Crime · Middle Burnham
Reported crime in the parish of Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge
2,361 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 119 per 1,000 residents.
The figures on this page are for the parish of Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge, which includes Middle Burnham. There are no separate figures for Middle Burnham. What each figure covers
Total incidents
2,361
Rate / 1,000
119
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,026 | 43% |
| Anti social behaviour | 424 | 18% |
| Public order | 168 | 7% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 165 | 7% |
| Shoplifting | 148 | 6% |
| Other theft | 134 | 6% |
| Burglary | 73 | 3% |
| Other crime | 65 | 3% |
| Vehicle crime | 54 | 2% |
| Robbery | 39 | 2% |
| Drugs | 35 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 14 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 12 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 4 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 56 | 59 | 79 | 89 | 63 | 90 | 94 | 81 | 105 | 91 | 89 | 130 | 1026 |
| Anti social behaviour | 26 | 21 | 24 | 31 | 23 | 28 | 39 | 47 | 63 | 42 | 36 | 44 | 424 |
| Public order | 17 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 168 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 18 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 165 |
| Shoplifting | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 148 |
| Other theft | 6 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 134 |
| Burglary | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 73 |
| Other crime | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 65 |
| Vehicle crime | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 54 |
| Robbery | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 39 |
| Drugs | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 35 |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | |||||
| Possession of weapons | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | ||||||
| Theft from the person | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Total | 153 | 162 | 162 | 167 | 140 | 208 | 216 | 201 | 269 | 207 | 211 | 265 | 2361 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Middle Burnham, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 19,842.