Total Crime Rate
27.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hawthorn Grove area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 37 local areas in Combe Down , and the 155th 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 Hawthorn Grove (BA2 5QA) in the last 12 months was 27.0 per 1,000 residents and was 72.0% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 21.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hawthorn Grove (BA2 5QA), 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 Bath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Down Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drake Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Down Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Queens Drive | 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 | Shoplifting | Down Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Down Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Down Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Down Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Down Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Down Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Entry Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Down Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Down Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Public order | Down Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Down Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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