Total Crime Rate
69.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hawthorn Grove area has the 11th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Combe Down , and the 206th 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 Hawthorn Grove (BA2 5QG) in the last 12 months was 69.0 per 1,000 residents and was 13.1% lower than the Combe Down average (79.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 42.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 108.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hawthorn Grove (BA2 5QG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Down Avenue, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Drake Avenue (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Combe Down| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Oakhill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Down Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Patch Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Patch Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Patch Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Porlock Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Porlock Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Queens Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Down Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Down Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mulberry Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Down Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Down Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Down Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sedgemoor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Exmoor Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Exmoor Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Drake Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakhill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Mulberry Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxhill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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