Crime Rate in Kingsmead, ward

Kingsmead has the highest crime rate of 33 wards in Bath and North East Somerset district and the 56th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 5th highest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in Kingsmead in the last 12 months was 383.2 per 1,000 residents and was 347.4% higher than the Bath and North East Somerset district average (85.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Kingsmead’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 865 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 17 cases , down -10.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 29.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -74.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,321 (≈ 165.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Kingsmead ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 360 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Nightclub (200 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.