Total Crime Rate
510.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
275.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Broadway area has the 8th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bathwick , and the 13th highest crime rate of 591 local areas in Bath and North East Somerset .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Broadway (BA2 4JA) in the last 12 months was 510.3 per 1,000 residents and was 416.0% 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 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 275.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 150.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broadway (BA2 4JA), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 89 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Widcombe & Lyncombe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pulteney Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Spa | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rennie Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Grove Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Excelsior Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Excelsior Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Excelsior Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | North Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | South Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | North Parade Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bath Spa | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Parade Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Miles Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Millbrook Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rossiter Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Forefield Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Armes Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rossiter Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rossiter Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rossiter Road | — |
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