Total Crime Rate
5.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ivy Avenue area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Southdown , and the 19th lowest crime rate of 598 local areas in Bath and North East Somerset .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ivy Avenue (BA2 1AJ) in the last 12 months was 5.2 per 1,000 residents and was 92.3% lower than the Southdown average (68.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -85.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -87.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ivy Avenue (BA2 1AJ), the main crime hotspot is near Dartmouth Avenue. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Southdown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Chestnut Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dransfield Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dartmouth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dartmouth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Acacia Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Acacia Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lymore Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Lymore Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazel Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hazel Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dransfield Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lymore Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dransfield Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lymore Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lymore Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lymore Avenue | Under investigation |
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