Total Crime Rate
49.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Alton Place area has the 45th lowest crime rate of 90 local areas in Bathwick , and the 286th highest crime rate of 598 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 Alton Place (BA2 4PR) in the last 12 months was 49.3 per 1,000 residents and was 44.0% lower than the Bathwick average (88.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 17.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alton Place (BA2 4PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 233 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (83 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bathwick| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St James'S Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Borough Walls | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Rossiter Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Stall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Borough Walls | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kingston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Amery Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Amery Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kingston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorchester Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bath Bus Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Dorchester Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Dorchester Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dorchester Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorchester Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Marks Road | — |
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