Crime Rates at Fountain Buildings, Bath, BA1 5DU

Fountain Buildings area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bathwick , and the 71st highest crime rate of 591 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 162.2 per 1,000 residents and was 64.0% higher than the Bathwick average (98.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 75.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -89.2% 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 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cheap Street (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.