Crime Rates at Bath Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8DX

Bath Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Bathavon South , and the 68th 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 Bath Road (BA2 8DX) in the last 12 months was 170.2 per 1,000 residents and was 348.7% higher than the Bathavon South average (37.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 94.4% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 69.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bath Road (BA2 8DX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.