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Crime · Middle Burnham
Reported crime in the parish of Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge
2,408 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 121 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
2,408
Rate / 1,000
121
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,065 | 44% |
| Anti social behaviour | 415 | 17% |
| Shoplifting | 163 | 7% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 162 | 7% |
| Public order | 157 | 7% |
| Other theft | 140 | 6% |
| Burglary | 79 | 3% |
| Other crime | 64 | 3% |
| Vehicle crime | 53 | 2% |
| Robbery | 39 | 2% |
| Drugs | 34 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 18 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 15 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 4 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sept | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 59 | 79 | 89 | 63 | 90 | 94 | 81 | 105 | 91 | 89 | 130 | 95 | 1065 |
| Anti social behaviour | 21 | 24 | 31 | 23 | 28 | 39 | 47 | 63 | 42 | 36 | 44 | 17 | 415 |
| Shoplifting | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 30 | 163 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 17 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 162 |
| Public order | 13 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 157 |
| Other theft | 19 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 140 |
| Burglary | 5 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 79 |
| Other crime | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 64 |
| Vehicle crime | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 53 |
| Robbery | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 39 |
| Drugs | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 34 |
| Possession of weapons | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 18 | |||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| Theft from the person | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Total | 162 | 162 | 167 | 140 | 208 | 216 | 201 | 269 | 207 | 211 | 265 | 200 | 2408 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Middle Burnham, Oct 2025 to Sept 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 19,842.