Total Crime Rate

167.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 167.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 80.5 9/10
  • Other theft 26.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.4 3/10
  • Burglary 10.1 8/10
  • Public order 10.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Blackmore Drive area has the 6th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Odd Down , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 598 local areas in Bath and North East Somerset .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Blackmore Drive (BA2 1JN) in the last 12 months was 167.8 per 1,000 residents and was 122.2% higher than the Odd Down average (75.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackmore Drive (BA2 1JN), the main crime hotspot is near Long Hay Close. Police recorded 83 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Blackmore Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southdown Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Blackmore Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Blackmore Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Blackmore Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southdown Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order Blackmore Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Blackmore Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Padfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Lansdown View Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Lansdown View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansdown View Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lymore Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Loxton Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Loxton Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotswold View Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotswold View Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shophouse Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Langdon Road

Data Sources

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