Total Crime Rate
567.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
121.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026York Place area has the 7th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bathwick , and the 9th highest crime rate of 591 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 York Place (BA1 6AE) in the last 12 months was 567.6 per 1,000 residents and was 473.9% higher than the Bathwick average (98.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -45.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (β 121.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 71.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around York Place (BA1 6AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 110 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Snow Hill (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Walcot| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kensington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Snow Hill | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Snow Hill | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Snow Hill | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Snow Hill | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Snow Hill | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Snow Hill | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Snow Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Snow Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Snow Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Snow Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Snow Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Kensington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Kensington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kensington Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kensington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Snow Hill | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Forester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bedford Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bedford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kensington Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rockliffe Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rockliffe Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forester Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Forester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper East Hayes | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forester Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Powlett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
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