Crime Rates at St Pauls Place, Bath, BA1 2AR

St Pauls Place area has the 5th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Kingsmead , and the 35th highest crime rate of 598 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 St Pauls Place (BA1 2AR) in the last 12 months was 261.5 per 1,000 residents and was 31.8% lower than the Kingsmead average (383.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 96.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Pauls Place (BA1 2AR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kingsmead Square, where police recorded 137 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westgate Street (62 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.