Total Crime Rate

1699.0 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 1699.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 1359.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 101.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 58.3 10/10
  • Public order 48.5 10/10
  • Other theft 43.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.1 10/10
  • Burglary 24.3 10/10
  • Robbery 19.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Rivers Street area has the highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Bathwick , and the highest crime rate of 598 local areas in Bath and North East Somerset .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rivers Street (BA1 2QA) in the last 12 months was 1699.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1829.4% higher than the Bathwick average (88.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 280 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 27900.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 169.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 337.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 175.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rivers Street (BA1 2QA), 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 Rivers Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/75)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Paragon Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Camden Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bennett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bennett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bennett Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Harley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Harley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Russell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Harley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harley Street —
Sep 2025Public order St James'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Brock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Caroline Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Upper Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Royal Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
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 Ballance Street North Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ballance Street North Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Ballance Street North Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ballance Street North Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Portland Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bennett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bartlett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harley Street 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

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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