Total Crime Rate
108.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lyncombe Hill area has the 29th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bathwick , and the 128th 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 Lyncombe Hill (BA2 4PJ) in the last 12 months was 108.1 per 1,000 residents and was 9.3% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 31.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lyncombe Hill (BA2 4PJ), the main crime hotspot is near Claverton Street. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 11 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Calton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Southcot Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Prior Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Forefield Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Millbrook Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Armes Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Forefield Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rossiter Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rossiter Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rossiter Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rossiter Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Calton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Calton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Calton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Calton Road | — |
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