Total Crime Rate

103.9 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 103.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.7 8/10
  • Public order 26.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.7 5/10
  • Burglary 4.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.8 4/10
  • Other theft 4.8 5/10
  • Drugs 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Victoria Close area has the 19th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Southdown , and the 126th highest crime rate of 598 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 Victoria Close (BA2 1BN) in the last 12 months was 103.9 per 1,000 residents and was 52.5% higher than the Southdown average (68.1 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 , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 450.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 77.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 190.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Victoria Close (BA2 1BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Long Hay Close, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dartmouth Avenue (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Victoria Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Blackmore Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Dartmouth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lymore Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lymore Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lymore Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansdown View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lymore Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lymore Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Blackmore Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dransfield Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Blackmore Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dransfield Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dartmouth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Millmead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Lansdown View Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lansdown View Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Blackmore Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Lymore Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Padfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Blackmore Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dransfield Way Under investigation

Data Sources

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