Crime Rates at Newton Road, Bath, BA2 1RW

Newton Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Southdown , and the 149th 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 Newton Road (BA2 1RW) in the last 12 months was 90.6 per 1,000 residents and was 33.0% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newton Road (BA2 1RW), 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.