Total Crime Rate
113.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fountain Buildings area has the 27th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Bathwick , and the 114th 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 Fountain Buildings (BA1 5DU) in the last 12 months was 113.5 per 1,000 residents and was 28.9% higher than the Bathwick average (88.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -64.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 54.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -56.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fountain Buildings (BA1 5DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A3039, where police recorded 113 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cheap Street (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bathwick| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | The Paragon | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Saracen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Henrietta Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Henrietta Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Henrietta Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Henrietta Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Milsom Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lower Hedgemead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beehive Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beehive Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beehive Yard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Paragon | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walcot Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cheap Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheap Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheap Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lansdown Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Quiet Street | Under investigation |
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