Total Crime Rate
536.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
246.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kingsmead Square 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 Kingsmead Square (BA1 2AE) 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 Kingsmead Square (BA1 2AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 146 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 | Public order | Ambury | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsmead North | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsmead North | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsmead North | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsmead North | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kingsmead North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kingsmead North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kingsmead North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wood Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheap Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bath Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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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