Total Crime Rate
12.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026First Avenue area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 17 local areas in Moorlands , and the 46th lowest crime rate of 591 local areas in Bath and North East Somerset .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around First Avenue (BA2 3NW) in the last 12 months was 12.4 per 1,000 residents and was 79.8% lower than the Moorlands average (61.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 7.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around First Avenue (BA2 3NW), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 118 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hiscocks Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cotswold Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Durley Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Durley Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arlington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oldfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oldfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oldfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Durley Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oldfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hiscocks Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hiscocks Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillside Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillside Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillside Road | — |
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