Crime Rates at Little Stanhope Street, Bath, BA1 2BH

Little Stanhope Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Kingsmead , and the 24th 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 Little Stanhope Street (BA1 2BH) in the last 12 months was 371.6 per 1,000 residents and was 6.6% lower than the Kingsmead average (397.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 80.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 123.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Little Stanhope Street (BA1 2BH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near James Street West, where police recorded 119 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Riverside Road (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.