Crime Rates at Highland Road, Bath, BA2 1DY

Highland Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Southdown , and the 116th highest crime rate of 598 local areas in Bath and North East Somerset .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Highland Road (BA2 1DY) in the last 12 months was 109.9 per 1,000 residents and was 61.4% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 76.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highland Road (BA2 1DY), 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 High Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.