Total Crime Rate
18.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Waterside Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Westfield , and the 88th 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 Waterside Road (BA3 3YF) in the last 12 months was 18.4 per 1,000 residents and was 76.7% lower than the Westfield average (78.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 6 cases , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 18.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Waterside Road (BA3 3YF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wells Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Westfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterside Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Butchers Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fourth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wells Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Butchers Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Milton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Upper Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wells Road | Under investigation |
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