Crime Rates at How Hill, Bath, BA2 1DL

How Hill area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Southdown , and the 36th highest crime rate of 591 local areas in Bath and North East Somerset .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around How Hill (BA2 1DL) in the last 12 months was 257.7 per 1,000 residents and was 285.2% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 153.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around How Hill (BA2 1DL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodhouse Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.