Total Crime Rate
167.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Blackmore 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.
View Crime In Odd Down| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southdown Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Blackmore Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Blackmore Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Blackmore Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Blackmore Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southdown Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Blackmore Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Blackmore Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Blackmore Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Padfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Blackmore Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Blackmore Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lansdown View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Lansdown View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdown View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lymore Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Loxton Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Loxton Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotswold View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotswold View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shophouse Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Langdon Road | — |
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