Total Crime Rate

125.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 125.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.8 8/10
  • Other crime 11.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Public order 7.6 6/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Poolemead Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Southdown , and the 101st highest crime rate of 598 local areas in Bath and North East Somerset .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Poolemead Road (BA2 1QP) in the last 12 months was 125.5 per 1,000 residents and was 84.3% higher than the Southdown average (68.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 76.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Poolemead Road (BA2 1QP), the main crime hotspot is near Linley Close. Police recorded 54 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Poolemead Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Pennard Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order West Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft West Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wedgwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cleeve Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wedgwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Shaws Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Shaws Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Windrush Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pennard Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Linley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Linley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Alec Ricketts Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Alec Ricketts Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Poolemead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Pennard Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Long Valley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cameley Green Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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