Total Crime Rate

113.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 113.5 8/10
  • Public order 27.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.0 6/10
  • Other theft 21.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.4 7/10
  • Burglary 5.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Shoplifting 5.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Fountain 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.

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Crime Over Time in Fountain Buildings area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft The Paragon Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Saracen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Henrietta Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henrietta Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Henrietta Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Henrietta Place
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Milsom Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Other theft Lower Hedgemead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beehive Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beehive Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beehive Yard
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Paragon Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walcot Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cheap Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cheap Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cheap Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lansdown Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Quiet Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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