Crime Rates at Riverside Gardens, Bath, BA1 1XA

Riverside Gardens area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Kingsmead , and the 11th highest crime rate of 591 local areas in Bath and North East Somerset .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Riverside Gardens (BA1 1XA) in the last 12 months was 536.2 per 1,000 residents and was 34.8% higher than the Kingsmead average (397.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 90 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 136 (≈ 246.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Riverside Gardens (BA1 1XA), 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.