Total Crime Rate

207.3 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 207.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.3 9/10
  • Other theft 20.7 10/10
  • Public order 20.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.5 9/10
  • Drugs 15.5 9/10
  • Robbery 15.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.5 9/10
  • Burglary 5.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 18th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Bathwick , and the 49th highest crime rate of 598 local areas in Bath and North East Somerset .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Circus (BA1 2EW) in the last 12 months was 207.3 per 1,000 residents and was 135.4% higher than the Bathwick average (88.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 98.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 137.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 59.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Circus (BA1 2EW), 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 (42 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 (30/108)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft James Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Guinea Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bennett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kingsmead Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting James Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting James Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting James Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting James Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order New King Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Bennett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft New King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Monmouth Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Monmouth Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Monmouth Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charlotte Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Charlotte Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bennett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bennett Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Charlotte Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ballance Street North Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Brock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cumberland Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cumberland Row —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ballance Street North —
Sep 2025Burglary Ballance Street North Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ballance Street North Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ballance Street North Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting James Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ballance Street North Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ballance Street North Unable to prosecute suspect
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 108

Data Sources

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