Total Crime Rate
54.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Hollow area has the 16th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Odd Down , and the 274th highest crime rate of 591 local areas in Bath and North East Somerset .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around The Hollow (BA2 1NG) in the last 12 months was 54.6 per 1,000 residents and was 13.8% lower than the Odd Down average (63.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (β 30.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Hollow (BA2 1NG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alderley Road (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wedmore Park | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | East Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haycombe Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haycombe Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haycombe Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haycombe Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haycombe Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Briars Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Michaels Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wedmore Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wedmore Park | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | East Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | East Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alderley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alderley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whiteway Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alderley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Alderley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Englishcombe Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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