Crime Statistics for Batheaston, Bathampton, Bath and North East Somerset, 2024

There were a total of 23 street level crime incidents in Batheaston in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Batheaston, 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	14
Other Theft	5
Robbery	1
Anti Social Behaviour	1
Criminal Damage Arson	1
Vehicle Crime	1
All Crime	23

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 Batheaston. 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 Batheaston

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Lambridge (1.39 miles)	223
Lower Swainswick (1.24 miles)	46
Bailbrook (1.24 miles)	46
Bathampton (0.88 miles)	42
Batheaston	23
By Brook (0.75 miles)	11
Bathford (0.88 miles)	8
Claverton (1.86 miles)	6
Alcombe (1.76 miles)	2
Monkton Farleigh (1.75 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Batheaston?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Lambridge	59
Bathampton	18
Lower Swainswick	17
Bailbrook	17
Batheaston	14
By Brook	6
Bathford	4
Claverton	1
Alcombe	1
Monkton Farleigh	0

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

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 Batheaston 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 Batheaston compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Batheaston and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Batheaston is ranked #10.

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

Which road in Batheaston has the highest level of crime?

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