Total Crime Rate
366.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Greenway Lane area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Combe Down , and the 25th highest crime rate of 591 local areas in Bath and North East Somerset .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Greenway Lane (BA2 4LJ) in the last 12 months was 366.7 per 1,000 residents and was 280.9% higher than the Combe Down average (96.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 74 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 23.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 46.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Greenway Lane (BA2 4LJ), the main crime hotspot is near Old Wells Road. Police recorded 104 crimes here, including 12 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 | Robbery | St Luke'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Wells Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chaucer Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hensley Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Wells Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Wells Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Wells Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Wells Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Wells Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Wells Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Wells Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Wells Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Wells Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Wells Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Wells Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Wells Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Wells Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Wells Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Wells Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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