Total Crime Rate

195.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 195.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 69.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.7 9/10
  • Other theft 18.2 9/10
  • Other crime 15.2 10/10
  • Burglary 7.6 7/10
  • Public order 7.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Robbery 1.5 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.5 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Lower Bristol Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Bathwick , and the 52nd highest crime rate of 598 local areas in Bath and North East Somerset .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lower Bristol Road (BA2 3AZ) in the last 12 months was 195.8 per 1,000 residents and was 122.3% higher than the Bathwick average (88.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 69.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Bristol Road (BA2 3AZ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 221 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Bristol Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Riverside Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting New Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft New Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft New Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Avon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Avon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Riverside Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting James Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting James Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting James Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting James Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft James Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Avon Street
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Green Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingsmead North
Sep 2025Public order Riverside Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Riverside Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Riverside Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingsmead West
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kingsmead Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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