Crime Rates at Shophouse Road, Bath, BA2 1EE

Shophouse Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Southdown , and the 85th 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 Shophouse Road (BA2 1EE) in the last 12 months was 147.9 per 1,000 residents and was 121.1% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 70.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shophouse Road (BA2 1EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blackmore Drive, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.