Total Crime Rate

97.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

31.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 97.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 31.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.8 6/10
  • Shoplifting 21.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.5 7/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.1 6/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wellsway area has the 11th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Odd Down , and the 151st 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 Wellsway (BA2 2UD) in the last 12 months was 97.6 per 1,000 residents and was 54.0% higher than the Odd Down average (63.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 31.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -56.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wellsway (BA2 2UD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Odins Road, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chelwood Drive (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wellsway area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Crescent Place Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Upper Bloomfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fullers Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oolite Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Frome Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wansdyke Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Oolite Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Oolite Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Oolite Grove
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Frome Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Frome Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Red Lion Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Upper Bloomfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Frome Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Odins Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chelwood Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Odins Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Frome Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Chelwood Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chelwood Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Odins Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Odins Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chelwood Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ridge Green Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Odins Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Odins Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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