Total Crime Rate
78.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bradford Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Combe Down , and the 184th highest crime rate of 591 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 Bradford Road (BA2 5BS) in the last 12 months was 78.7 per 1,000 residents and was 18.2% lower than the Combe Down average (96.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 51.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bradford Road (BA2 5BS), the main crime hotspot is near Down Avenue. Police recorded 74 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Combe Down| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Patch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Patch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Down Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Down Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bradford Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bradford Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradford Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Porlock Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greendown Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramble Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Foxhill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Patch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Down Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Patch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mulberry Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mulberry Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mulberry Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mulberry Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mulberry Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Down Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Porlock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Down Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Down Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Down Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Down Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Down Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Down Avenue | Under investigation |
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