Total Crime Rate

261.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 261.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 95.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 70.8 9/10
  • Public order 36.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.6 8/10
  • Other theft 12.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Steam Mills area has the highest crime rate of 16 local areas in Midsomer Norton Redfield , and the 34th highest crime rate of 598 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 Steam Mills (BA3 2JX) in the last 12 months was 261.5 per 1,000 residents and was 335.4% higher than the Midsomer Norton Redfield average (60.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -70.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 132.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 82.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Steam Mills (BA3 2JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Waterfall Way, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jubilee Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Steam Mills area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Redfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B3355 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sperring Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paulton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterfall Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sperring Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sperring Court Under investigation

Data Sources

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