Total Crime Rate
85.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elm Grove area has the 7th highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Moorlands , and the 172nd highest crime rate of 591 local areas in Bath and North East Somerset .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Elm Grove (BA2 2HJ) in the last 12 months was 85.2 per 1,000 residents and was 38.8% higher than the Moorlands average (61.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 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). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 37.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elm Grove (BA2 2HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beech Grove, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Poplar Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Moorlands| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lymore Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elm Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hazel Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lymore Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lymore Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beech Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elm Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cedar Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Oval | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lymore Gardens | Under investigation |
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