Total Crime Rate
111.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Laura Place area has the 28th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bathwick , and the 123rd 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 Laura Place (BA2 4BJ) in the last 12 months was 111.1 per 1,000 residents and was 12.3% higher than the Bathwick average (98.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 55.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Laura Place (BA2 4BJ), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 116 crimes here, including 98 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bathwick| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Daniel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Argyle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henrietta Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Henrietta Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Henrietta Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pierrepont Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Argyle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pierrepont Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Henrietta Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pierrepont Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Henrietta Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pierrepont Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Pierrepont Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pierrepont Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunderland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vane Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Daniel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vane Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Daniel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Daniel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Daniel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Daniel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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