Crime Statistics for Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, 2024

Crime statistics for Oldfield Park, Bath

There were a total of 282 street level crime incidents in Oldfield Park in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Oldfield Park, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime91
Anti Social Behaviour42
Shoplifting41
Criminal Damage Arson31
Public Order20
Burglary18
Vehicle Crime12
Other Theft11
Robbery5
Other Crime4
Drugs4
Theft From The Person2
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime282

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Oldfield Park

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Beechen Cliff (1.24 miles)546
Dolemeads (1.24 miles)546
Bath (0.62 miles)542
Oldfield Park282
South Twerton282
Newbridge (0.88 miles)194
Southdown (0.62 miles)190
Locksbrook (0.62 miles)183
Twerton (0.62 miles)183
Rush Hill (1.24 miles)77

20.37%
of Westmoreland residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Oldfield Park?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Bath160
Beechen Cliff156
Dolemeads156
Oldfield Park91
South Twerton91
Newbridge75
Locksbrook71
Twerton71
Southdown68
Rush Hill28

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

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 Oldfield Park 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 Oldfield Park compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Oldfield Park and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Oldfield Park is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Twerton77
2Kingsmead66
3Southdown50
4Walcot47
5Moorlands45
6Bathwick45
7Odd Down45
8Westmoreland43
9Newbridge38
10Oldfield Park32
11Widcombe & Lyncombe29

Which road in Oldfield Park has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Oldfield Park with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Stanley Road West.

Last updated: January 2024
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