Total Crime Rate
366.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
204.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Exmoor Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Combe Down , and the 26th 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 Exmoor Road (BA2 5PQ) in the last 12 months was 366.3 per 1,000 residents and was 280.6% higher 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 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -42.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 204.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 98.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Exmoor Road (BA2 5PQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Down Avenue, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Drake Avenue (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Combe Down| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Down Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Queens Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sedgemoor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exmoor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exmoor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Porlock Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Porlock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drake Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Down Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Down Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Down Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Down Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Down Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Down Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Down Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Down Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kewstoke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Down Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Down Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Down Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kewstoke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kewstoke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Down Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Down Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Down Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Down Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Entry Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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