Total Crime Rate

965.0 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 965.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 240.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 167.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 160.0 10/10
  • Public order 125.0 10/10
  • Other theft 105.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 42.5 10/10
  • Burglary 37.5 10/10
  • Robbery 22.5 10/10
  • Drugs 17.5 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.5 10/10
  • Other crime 12.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 10.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.0 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
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

Lower Borough Walls area has the 6th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Bathwick , and the 6th highest crime rate of 598 local areas in Bath and North East Somerset .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lower Borough Walls (BA1 1QR) in the last 12 months was 965.0 per 1,000 residents and was 995.8% higher than the Bathwick average (88.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 96 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 124 (≈ 310.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Borough Walls (BA1 1QR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 289 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (190 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Borough Walls area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingsmead North
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cheap Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cheap Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Cheap Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kingsmead Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kingsmead Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pierrepont Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Borough Walls Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Borough Walls Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Borough Walls Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Borough Walls Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Upper Borough Walls Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pierrepont Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pierrepont Place
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Other theft Abbeygate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Abbeygate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Abbeygate Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Abbeygate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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