Crime in Bath

Police.uk reported crime in Bath, Bath And North East Somerset. Category breakdown, 24-month trend, and postcode-district hot and cold spots within the town.

Incidents reported (12m)

6,372

+8.0% vs prior year

Window

Nov 2024 – Oct 2025

Police.uk reports ~2 months in arrears.

Refreshed

7 May 2026

Crime in Bath by category

Last 12 months, all 14 Police.uk categories. Bars are scaled to the largest category in Bath.

Category	Incidents	% of mix
Violence and sexual offences	1,886	29.6%
Anti-social behaviour	989	15.5%
Public order	722	11.3%
Other theft	665	10.4%
Criminal damage and arson	495	7.8%
Burglary	359	5.6%
Shoplifting	357	5.6%
Vehicle crime	297	4.7%
Robbery	141	2.2%
Drugs	139	2.2%
Other crime	119	1.9%
Bicycle theft	110	1.7%
Possession of weapons	57	0.9%
Theft from the person	36	0.6%

Where Bath's crime mix differs from the UK

Top 5 categories where Bath's 12-month share differs most from the national average. Percentage-point delta. Positive means more concentrated in Bath than the UK as a whole.

Category	Bath	UK	Delta
Public order	11.3%	7.9%	+3.5 pp
Other theft	10.4%	7.8%	+2.7 pp
Violence and sexual offences	29.6%	31.7%	-2.1 pp
Shoplifting	5.6%	3.8%	+1.8 pp
Vehicle crime	4.7%	6.5%	-1.8 pp

Monthly incident volume

Nov 2023 to Oct 2025. Police.uk publishes ~2 months in arrears.

Monthly incident volume
Month	Value
2023-11	510
2023-12	492
2024-01	523
2024-02	435
2024-03	476
2024-04	520
2024-05	617
2024-06	529
2024-07	571
2024-08	592
2024-09	559
2024-10	585
2024-11	561
2024-12	524
2025-01	552
2025-02	486
2025-03	541
2025-04	535
2025-05	512
2025-06	487
2025-07	515
2025-08	488
2025-09	590
2025-10	581

Hottest postcode districts in Bath

BA1 6,372 incidents (12m)
BA2 6,372 incidents (12m)
3,591 incidents (12m)

Quietest postcode districts in Bath

3,591 incidents (12m)
BA1 6,372 incidents (12m)
BA2 6,372 incidents (12m)

Postcode-district counts use the bounding box of every address in the district, so they're approximate. Treat them as a relative ranking within Bath rather than an absolute count.

What Bath crime data isn't

Reported, not actual. Many crimes go unreported. The data reflects what reached Police.uk, not the underlying incidence rate.
Locations are obfuscated. Each incident is mapped to a snap point within roughly 250 metres of the true location to protect victim privacy.
Force-by-force inconsistency. Different police forces classify and record borderline incidents differently. Comparing two areas covered by different forces needs care.
Patrol-density bias. Areas with heavier patrol presence record more incidents, partly because more crime is observed and reported.

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FAQ

All incidents come from Police.uk, the official open-data feed published by UK police forces. Data is updated monthly. The figures show what was reported and recorded, not necessarily what happened.

Police.uk obfuscates each incident location to a "snap point", typically the centre of the nearest street or a similar landmark within roughly 250 metres. This protects victim privacy. The category and month are accurate; the precise address is intentionally not.

Read them as one signal among many. Anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime are quality-of-life signals. Burglary trends matter for insurance and security. Raw counts reflect both the actual incident rate and how heavily an area is patrolled and reported, so busy commercial streets always look 'worse' than quiet residential ones.

Police.uk publishes about two months in arrears. So crime for January typically appears in March or April. The 12-month window on this page ends with the most recent month available.

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