Total Crime Rate
1052.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
432.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Somerset Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bathwick , and the 7th highest crime rate of 591 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 Somerset Street (BA1 1TS) in the last 12 months was 1052.5 per 1,000 residents and was 964.2% higher than the Bathwick average (98.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 109 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 173 (≈ 432.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Somerset Street (BA1 1TS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 264 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (156 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kingsmead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbeygate Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheap Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cheap Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cheap Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheap Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheap Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheap Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High 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 | Terrace Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southgate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Borough Walls | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parsonage Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parsonage Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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