Total Crime Rate

120.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

72.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 120.8 8/10
  • Violent crimes 72.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.7 8/10
  • Public order 21.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.7 7/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Burglary 7.3 7/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lymore Avenue area has the 13th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Southdown , and the 110th highest crime rate of 591 local areas in Bath and North East Somerset .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lymore Avenue (BA2 1AY) in the last 12 months was 120.8 per 1,000 residents and was 80.6% higher than the Southdown average (66.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 72.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lymore Avenue (BA2 1AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blackmore Drive, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dartmouth Avenue (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lymore Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Priddy Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Priddy Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Priddy Close —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Loxton Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Loxton Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Blackmore Drive Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lymore Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Long Hay Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Lansdown View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Lansdown View Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Lymore Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lymore Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lymore Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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