Total Crime Rate
1623.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
608.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026New Bond Street Buildings area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bathwick , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 591 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 Bond Street Buildings (BA1 1BL) in the last 12 months was 1623.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1541.5% higher than the Bathwick average (98.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 130 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 17.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 197 (≈ 608.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around New Bond Street Buildings (BA1 1BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kingsmead Square, where police recorded 143 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St James'S Parade (75 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kingsmead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lower Borough Walls | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Terrace Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | York Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | York Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terrace Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Terrace Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Terrace Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheap Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Avon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Avon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Corn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hot Bath Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hot Bath Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hot Bath Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheap Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hot Bath Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bath Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westgate Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westgate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westgate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parsonage Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parsonage Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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