Total Crime Rate
427.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Queen Square area has the 4th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Kingsmead , and the 19th 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 Queen Square (BA1 2HN) in the last 12 months was 427.3 per 1,000 residents and was 11.5% higher than the Kingsmead average (383.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 118.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queen Square (BA1 2HN), 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.
View Crime In Kingsmead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | New King Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Borough Walls | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Charlotte Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Charlotte Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Charlotte Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Charlotte Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | St Pauls Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Pauls Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Palace Yard Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Borough Walls | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Charlotte Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Borough Walls | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Borough Walls | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Upper Borough Walls | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parsonage Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parsonage Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parsonage Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Old King Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Quiet Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Charlotte Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Charlotte Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsmead West | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Stanhope Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Kingsmead North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsmead North | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsmead North | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsmead North | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Kingsmead Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsmead Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | James Street West | Under investigation |
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