Total Crime Rate
34.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Meare Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 37 local areas in Combe Down , and the 207th lowest 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 Meare Road (BA2 5PP) in the last 12 months was 34.4 per 1,000 residents and was 64.3% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 22.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -93.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Meare Road (BA2 5PP), the main crime hotspot is near Drake Avenue. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drake Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Porlock Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exmoor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Queens Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sedgemoor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exmoor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Porlock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bradford Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kewstoke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradford Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kewstoke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kewstoke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bradford Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Foxhill | — |
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