Crime Statistics for Bathwick, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, 2024

There were a total of 457 street level crime incidents in Bathwick in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bathwick, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	139
Shoplifting	120
Anti Social Behaviour	67
Public Order	35
Other Theft	22
Criminal Damage Arson	21
Vehicle Crime	19
Burglary	10
Theft From The Person	6
Bicycle Theft	5
Robbery	5
Drugs	4
Other Crime	3
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	457

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Bathwick. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Bathwick

We've taken the ten nearest places to Bathwick and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Bathwick has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Bathwick	457
Beechen Cliff (0.62 miles)	442
Dolemeads (0.62 miles)	442
Bath (0.88 miles)	429
Fairfield Park (0.62 miles)	412
Beacon Hill (0.62 miles)	412
Larkhall (0.62 miles)	412
Lansdown (0.88 miles)	350
Oldfield Park (1.39 miles)	245
Lambridge (0.88 miles)	223

Where are the most violent places near Bathwick?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Bathwick and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Bath	153
Bathwick	139
Beechen Cliff	138
Dolemeads	138
Fairfield Park	120
Beacon Hill	120
Larkhall	120
Lansdown	111
Oldfield Park	106
Lambridge	59

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Bathwick?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Bathwick to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Bathwick compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bathwick and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Bathwick have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Widcombe & Lyncombe.

#	Ward	Score
1	Kingsmead	66
2	Southdown	50
3	Walcot	47
4	Moorlands	45
5	Bathwick	45
6	Lansdown	45
7	Westmoreland	43
8	Newbridge	38
9	Lambridge	35
10	Oldfield Park	32
11	Widcombe & Lyncombe	29

Which road in Bathwick has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Bathwick with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around High Street.