Total Crime Rate

230.0 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 230.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 70.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.0 9/10
  • Burglary 25.0 10/10
  • Public order 20.0 9/10
  • Other theft 15.0 9/10
  • Drugs 10.0 8/10
  • Other crime 10.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

The Circus area has the 16th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Bathwick , and the 41st 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 The Circus (BA1 2ET) in the last 12 months was 230.0 per 1,000 residents and was 161.2% higher than the Bathwick average (88.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 85.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Circus (BA1 2ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 448 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Circus area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/88)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Upper Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Old King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ballance Street North Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ballance Street North —
Sep 2025Other theft Bennett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lansdown Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lansdown Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lansdown Mews —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bennett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Camden Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Guinea Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ballance Street North Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Caroline Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Camden Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bartlett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bartlett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Milsom Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ballance Street North Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bennett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ballance Street North Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Russell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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