Burnham-on-Sea
TownTown in Somerset, South West.
Burnham-on-Sea is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Burnham-on-Sea add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Gigabit coverage by town
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Burnham-on-Sea, 94.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How Burnham-on-Sea compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Burnham-on-Sea safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Burnham-on-Sea at a rate of 91.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across South West.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 158 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Burnham-on-Sea.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (631), anti-social behaviour (287) and other crime (254).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Burnham-on-Sea was 74.0 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in Burnham-on-Sea, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Burnham-on-Sea has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Burnham-on-Sea
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedgemoor 002D | 1,610 | 41.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.7% |
| Sedgemoor 002E | 1,579 | 31.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% |
| Sedgemoor 002I | 1,526 | 27.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.3% |
| Sedgemoor 004A | 1,466 | 42.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.0% |
| Sedgemoor 004B | 1,564 | 134.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.7% |
| Sedgemoor 004C | 1,681 | 226.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.8% |
| Sedgemoor 004D | 1,609 | 89.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.6% |
| Sedgemoor 004E | 1,459 | 37.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| Sedgemoor 005A | 1,720 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Sedgemoor 005C | 1,556 | 133.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Sedgemoor 005D | 1,238 | 227.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.3% |
Your MP
- Sir Ashley FoxConservativeMP for Bridgwater
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Burnham-on-Sea2
Middle areas in Burnham-on-Sea2
Towns near Burnham-on-Sea6
Burnham-on-Sea in brief
Burnham-on-Sea is a town in Somerset, South West.
About 16,203 people lived in Burnham-on-Sea in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £275,000 in 2025 across 288 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 91.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Burnham-on-Sea was £275,000 in 2025.
Burnham-on-Sea had 16,317 usual residents at the census.
In Burnham-on-Sea, 94.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Burnham-on-Sea, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.