Crime Rates at Ballance Street, Bath, BA1 2RP

Ballance Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Bathwick , and the 38th 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 Ballance Street (BA1 2RP) in the last 12 months was 248.7 per 1,000 residents and was 182.4% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 113.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ballance Street (BA1 2RP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 448 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Paragon (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.