Total Crime Rate

1557.1 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 1557.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 456.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 302.0 10/10
  • Public order 214.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 194.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 94.0 10/10
  • Other theft 94.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 53.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 47.0 10/10
  • Burglary 33.6 10/10
  • Robbery 26.9 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 13.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 13.4 9/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Other crime 6.7 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

St James'S Parade area has the 5th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Bathwick , and the 5th 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 St James'S Parade (BA1 1UY) in the last 12 months was 1557.1 per 1,000 residents and was 1668.2% 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 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -45.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 106 (≈ 711.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 53.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St James'S Parade (BA1 1UY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 270 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (151 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St James'S Parade area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingsmead North
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westgate Buildings Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westgate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westgate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westgate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westgate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westgate Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westgate Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westgate Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westgate Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westgate Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westgate Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bath Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westgate Buildings Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Westgate Buildings Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Westgate Buildings Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Westgate Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Westgate Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Westgate Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Westgate Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westgate Buildings
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westgate Buildings
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westgate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bath Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kingsmead Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Terrace Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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