Crime and Safety in Bath
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
Bath is the safest major town in Somerset, and is the 26th most dangerous overall out of Somerset's 414 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Bath in 2026 is 84 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares poorly to Somerset's overall crime rate, coming in 20% higher than the Somerset rate of 70 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Bath is the 31st most dangerous major town, and the 672nd most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In January 2026, Bath was the worst major town in Somerset for other theft, with 65 crimes reported and a crime rate of 0.58 per 1,000 daytime population. January 2026 was also a bad month for Bath residents, when it was Somerset's most dangerous major town for vehicle crime, recording 33 crimes at a rate of 0.30 per 1,000 daytime population.
The most common crimes in Bath are violence and sexual offences, with 3,784 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 34. This is 3.5% higher than 2025's figure of 3,655 offences and a difference of 1.11 from 2025's crime rate of 33. Bath's least common crime is theft from the person, with 47 offences recorded in 2026, an increase of 9% from 2025's figure of 43 crimes.
Bath 2026 Crime Scorecard
Safest
Major Towns, Somerset
37% higher, regional crime rate
South West
16% higher, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Bath is 37% higher than the South West and 16% higher than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Bath Crime Rate Over Time
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Bath Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Bath represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Bath's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Bath up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Bath's 2,616 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
CrimeRate Insights
Looking into a specific address in Bath? CrimeRate Insights reports convert raw numbers into practical insight for any location, from single addresses and postcodes, up to major towns and cities.
Crime rates don’t happen by themselves; they follow people and patterns. Where crowds gather - near pubs and late-night venues, around the station, by supermarkets and forecourts - incidents naturally concentrate.
That doesn’t mean an area is "bad"; it usually means footfall is higher.
Your report explores these factors in a calm, non-judgemental way, putting the numbers in context and helping you spot what’s typical for places like this.
Crime Risk Scores
Bath • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Bath has a crime risk score of 486. This is based on analysis of 2,616 nearby areas within Bath, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Bath's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Bath, crime risk scores are typically around 486, while in Somerset they are average 549.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 560 (538 for Somerset), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 636 (Somerset 540).
Trends in Crime Risk
Bath
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates an increase of 18% in Bath's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Bath's crime risk score is up by 46%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, Bath's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 7%, indicating that the risk profile is going up. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Bath
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Bath • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Shoplifting offences have a crime rate of 14 reports per 1,000 people in Bath, which is 1.94 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 1,535 crime reports logged by Avon and Somerset Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Avon and Somerset Police recorded 1,048 reports of Public Order in Bath, resulting in a crime rate of 9.45 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.63.
The crime rate for Burglary is 1.33 times the national average at 4.15 reports per 1,000. This is from 458 crime reports reported to Avon and Somerset Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Bath
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Burglary offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.96 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 1.60 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 22% over this timeframe.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.05 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 0.88 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 19% over this timeframe.
Public Order offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.77 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 1.14 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 55% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Bath
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Theft From the Person offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.75 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Theft From the Person CrimeRate Index was 0.08 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 838% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Bath • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Bath | Somerset | South West | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 1,679 | 15.14 | 1.07 | 13,061 | 11.88 | 0.84 | 82,030 | 12.62 | 0.89 |
| Bicycle Theft | 95 | 0.85 | 1.16 | 507 | 0.45 | 0.62 | 3,702 | 0.54 | 0.74 |
| Burglary | 458 | 4.15 | 1.33 | 3,066 | 2.80 | 0.89 | 15,750 | 2.42 | 0.77 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 629 | 5.69 | 0.91 | 6,120 | 5.57 | 0.89 | 36,459 | 5.64 | 0.90 |
| Drugs | 133 | 1.21 | 0.39 | 1,320 | 1.20 | 0.39 | 10,358 | 1.60 | 0.52 |
| Other Crime | 129 | 1.17 | 0.63 | 1,778 | 1.61 | 0.87 | 8,931 | 1.38 | 0.75 |
| Other Theft | 798 | 7.20 | 1.27 | 5,795 | 5.26 | 0.92 | 31,450 | 4.85 | 0.85 |
| Possession of Weapons | 64 | 0.59 | 0.69 | 554 | 0.49 | 0.58 | 3,967 | 0.62 | 0.73 |
| Public Order | 1,048 | 9.45 | 1.63 | 8,878 | 8.07 | 1.39 | 36,669 | 5.63 | 0.97 |
| Robbery | 170 | 1.53 | 1.30 | 1,013 | 0.93 | 0.79 | 4,567 | 0.70 | 0.59 |
| Shoplifting | 1,535 | 13.83 | 1.94 | 7,536 | 6.84 | 0.96 | 37,365 | 5.76 | 0.81 |
| Theft From the Person | 47 | 0.44 | 0.31 | 172 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 2,043 | 0.33 | 0.21 |
| Vehicle Crime | 375 | 3.39 | 0.79 | 2,421 | 2.20 | 0.51 | 16,666 | 2.56 | 0.60 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 3,784 | 34.13 | 1.12 | 37,511 | 34.14 | 1.12 | 189,257 | 29.13 | 0.96 |
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Total Crime by Year
Bath | Somerset | South West | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 9,265 | 83.63 | 1.16 | 76,671 | 69.71 | 0.97 | 397,184 | 61.16 | 0.85 |
| 2025 | 9,693 | 87.86 | 1.19 | 76,389 | 70.08 | 0.95 | 402,192 | 62.40 | 0.84 |
| 2024 | 8,171 | 74.88 | 0.99 | 68,439 | 63.47 | 0.84 | 357,420 | 55.92 | 0.74 |
| 2023 | 7,014 | 65.24 | 0.83 | 62,184 | 58.26 | 0.74 | 360,086 | 56.89 | 0.72 |
| 2022 | 7,239 | 68.73 | 0.90 | 62,895 | 59.59 | 0.78 | 351,958 | 56.19 | 0.73 |
| 2021 | 5,909 | 55.98 | 0.82 | 54,270 | 51.92 | 0.76 | 311,592 | 50.21 | 0.73 |
| 2020 | 6,797 | 64.69 | 0.87 | 60,150 | 57.87 | 0.78 | 343,342 | 55.68 | 0.75 |
| 2019 | 6,728 | 64.24 | 0.85 | 59,138 | 57.33 | 0.75 | 348,574 | 56.87 | 0.75 |
| 2018 | 6,594 | 63.38 | 0.89 | 56,483 | 55.14 | 0.78 | 340,408 | 55.87 | 0.79 |
| 2017 | 6,092 | 59.11 | 0.93 | 54,943 | 53.97 | 0.84 | 312,784 | 51.72 | 0.81 |
| 2016 | 1,817 | 17.69 | 0.93 | 16,140 | 15.87 | 0.83 | 92,229 | 15.29 | 0.80 |
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Bath Compared to Nearby Major Towns
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Major Town | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weston-Super-Mare | 9,514 | 105.34 | 26% more dangerous |
| Taunton | 6,874 | 95.79 | 15% more dangerous |
| Bath | 9,265 | 83.63 | - |
Comparing Bath to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 4.9% safer |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 1.1% safer |
| Bath | 83.63 | - |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 0.55% more dangerous |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 17% more dangerous |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 25% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 26% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 27% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 28% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 29% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 49% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Bath's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Bath that are named and have had crimes recorded within their boundaries in the 12 months to Apr 2026.
| Name | ASB | Drugs | Public Order | Robbery | VSO | All Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Green | - | - | - | 1 | 13 | 7 |
| Hillcrest Park Play Area | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Beacon Hill Play Area | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Brickfields Park Play Area | 5 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 0 |
| St Marks Cemetery | 6 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Lansdown Cemetery | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 3 |
| Brookfield Park Allotments | 1 | - | 2 | - | 29 | 6 |
| Homemead Park | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Lansdown Cricket Club | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| St Stephen's Allotments | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Locksbrook Cemetery | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 4 |
| King Georges Road Allotments | 5 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 5 |
| Twerton Cemetery | 1 | - | - | - | 9 | 4 |
| Innox Park | 6 | - | 3 | - | 15 | 5 |
| St Michael's Cemetery | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| Royal Victoria Park | 16 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 38 | 82 |
| Lower Common Allotments | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 |
| Ring Common Allotments | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 |
| Ballance Street Play Space | 15 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 21 |
| Dorset Close Play Area | - | - | 3 | - | 8 | 7 |
| St James's Cemetery | 3 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 5 |
| Thermae Bath Spa | 3 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 19 | 42 |
| Magdalen Gardens | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Moorfields Sandpits Play Area | 3 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 |
| Linear Park | 15 | - | 17 | 1 | 62 | 54 |
| Moorfields Road Allotments | 3 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 |
| Bloomfield Road Allotments | 3 | - | 2 | - | 22 | 1 |
| Lyncombe Vale Allotments | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Hampset Cricket Club | 3 | - | 2 | - | 5 | 2 |
| Odd Down Sports Ground | 11 | - | 6 | - | 40 | 4 |
| Mendip Gardens Allotments | 5 | - | 1 | - | 5 | 4 |
| The Glasshouse Playing Fields | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| The Lew Hill Memorial Ground | 3 | - | 1 | - | 18 | 13 |
| Plain Ham | - | - | 1 | - | 11 | 4 |
| Fairfield Park Allotments | 8 | - | 1 | - | 16 | 12 |
| Midsummer Buildings Play Space | 4 | - | - | - | 17 | 8 |
| Larkhall Allotments | - | - | 1 | - | 14 | 4 |
| Alice Park | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
| Alice Park Play Area | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Claremont Road Allotments | 9 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 12 |
| Lambridge Training Ground | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Kensington Meadows | 20 | - | 7 | 8 | 5 | 72 |
| Hedgemead Park | 23 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 54 | 46 |
| Alkmaar Garden | 11 | 2 | 12 | - | 38 | 23 |
| Parade Gardens | 19 | 4 | 29 | - | 131 | 38 |
| Canal Gardens Allotments | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | 2 |
| Abbey View Allotments | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Perrymead Catholic Cemetery | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Backstones Open Space | 6 | - | 1 | - | 9 | 7 |
| Combe Down Rugby Football Club | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 |
| Haycombe Cemetery and Crematorium | 3 | 1 | 4 | - | 15 | 10 |
| Sydney Gardens | 4 | - | 3 | - | 3 | 7 |
| Henrietta Park | 14 | - | 12 | - | 20 | 19 |
| The Recreation Ground | 11 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 20 | 31 |
| Alexandra Park | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| Lansdown Tennis and Squash Club | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | 5 |
| Bath Approach Golf Course | 5 | 1 | 6 | - | 9 | 14 |
| Beckford Gardens Allotments | 7 | - | 2 | - | 5 | 4 |
| Firs Field | 4 | - | 4 | - | 7 | 10 |
| Odins and Vernham Play Space | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 47 | 23 |
| Larkhall Recreation Play Area | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 4 |
| Valley View Close Play Space | - | - | 1 | - | 14 | 4 |
| Hillcrest Open Space | 1 | - | 3 | - | 2 | 6 |
| Beacon Hill Common | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
Recent Crimes in Bath
The 20 most recent crime reports in Bath.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Lyme Road | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Beckford Drive | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Vellore Lane | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Lymore Close | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Rivers Street Mews | |
| April 2026 | Bicycle theft | On or near Brougham Hayes | |
| April 2026 | Burglary | On or near Rhymes Place | |
| April 2026 | Burglary | On or near Alder Way | |
| April 2026 | Burglary | On or near Pulteney Gardens | |
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Millmead Road | |
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Beaufort Place | |
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Whiteway Road | |
| April 2026 | Other theft | On or near Cotswold Road | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Kingsway | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Forefield Place | |
| April 2026 | Vehicle crime | On or near Tennyson Road | |
| April 2026 | Vehicle crime | On or near Park Street | |
| April 2026 | Vehicle crime | On or near Rivers Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Lymore Gardens | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Lymore Close |
Methodology & Data Sources
Bath Crime Report
Data Sources & Processing
Every month, CrimeRate processes crime reports from data.police.uk, the UK's official provider of open crime report data. Each crime report includes anonymised coordinates, most often "snapped" to the middle of the nearest street, or to the nearest major landmark. The reports also include the month and year the crime was reported, as well as the type of crime.
Data releases on data.police.uk happen once a month, with a two-month delay. This means that, for example, crimes reported in Bath during July 2026 will typically become available in September 2026. The latest release is for Apr 2026 and was released in Jun 2026. To provide current and historical crime statistics, CrimeRate processed 61,669,232 crime reports for the latest release.
Bath Data Points
For Bath, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2022 release of their Built Up Areas dataset, using the BUA22CD column value E63005227.
Due to the 2021 Census being conducted during a UK-wide Coronavirus lockdown, the daytime population figures released so far cannot be relied on for purposes such as comparing crime rates. Instead, CrimeRate uses Bath's daytime - or "workday" - population of 97,378 from the ONS 2011 Census for calculations throughout the site.
All geographic boundaries use the full resolution - extent of the realm versions where provided to avoid missing crime reports near coastlines and rivers - the banks of the Thames in particular - that would otherwise not be included when using the clipped to the coastline datasets.
Calculating Crime Rates
CrimeRate locates the UK region, county, and town/city/village locality for each crime report, and calculates the crime rate by taking the sum of all crime reports, dividing it by the locality's daytime / "workday" population, and multiplying the result by 1,000 to get the crime rate per 1,000.
Crime Risk Score Calculations
CrimeRate calculates crime counts for local, nearby, and wider areas for every postcode in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The postcodes locations are deduplicated by a process that ensures distinct points are approximately 50 metres apart. This process removes the bias that would otherwise come from counting the same crimes several times in heavily populated areas.
Using a custom algorithm developed in-house, CrimeRate applies a crime severity weighting to each area's crime counts, based on the type of crime reported. This increases or decreases the crime count, or zeroes it out entirely, depending on the crime type. A separate crime severity rate is then calculated, standardised, and scaled to fit the crime risk score range of 1 to 1,000, with 1 being the lowest score, and 1,000 the highest.
Crime risk scores undergo further analysis per town, city, and village plus other areas including police forces and neighbourhoods. CrimeRate uses percentiles to work out the most common range of crime risk scores in each locality. This includes identifying the high and low bounds where approximately 68% of scores fall, and finding the median (50th percentile) for easy reference.
The crime types with a weight of zero are: Anti-Social Behaviour; Bicycle Theft; Other Crime; Other Theft; and Shoplifting. The highest weights to are assigned to Violence & Sexual Offences, and the lowest to Vehicle Crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crime in Bath