Total Crime Rate
332.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Blackmore Drive area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Odd Down , and the 27th highest crime rate of 591 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 332.2 per 1,000 residents and was 424.0% higher than the Odd Down average (63.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 65 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 103.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 87.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 159.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blackmore Drive (BA2 1JN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blackmore Drive, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Loxton Drive (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blackmore Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Loxton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blackmore Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blackmore Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blackmore Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blackmore Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blackmore Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blackmore Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blackmore Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priddy Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Priddy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Priddy Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blackmore Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blackmore Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Loxton Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Blackmore Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Hay Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lansdown View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blackmore Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Brow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lymore Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lymore Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lansdown View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blackmore Drive | Under investigation |
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