Total Crime Rate

1681.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1681.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 565.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 332.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 231.2 10/10
  • Public order 226.0 10/10
  • Other theft 118.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 48.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 42.8 10/10
  • Robbery 27.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 27.4 10/10
  • Drugs 18.8 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 13.7 10/10
  • Other crime 12.0 10/10
  • Burglary 10.3 8/10
  • Theft from the person 8.6 8/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

New Marchant'S Passage area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Bathwick , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 598 local areas in Bath and North East Somerset .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around New Marchant'S Passage (BA1 1AR) in the last 12 months was 1681.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1809.5% higher than the Bathwick average (88.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 330 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 5 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 486 (≈ 832.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Marchant'S Passage (BA1 1AR), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 267 crimes here, including 190 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in New Marchant'S Passage area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Amery Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Abbeygate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Abbeygate Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abbeygate Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abbeygate Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Amery Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Borough Walls Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bridge Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Borough Walls
Sep 2025Robbery Hot Bath Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hot Bath Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hot Bath Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parsonage Lane
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parsonage Lane
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parsonage Lane
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hot Bath Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Avon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Avon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bridge Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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