Postcode · Bath
Crime in BA1 5PT
How much crime is recorded in BA1 5PT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Central Bath & Lansdown
- Council
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Region
- South West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,332 (2024)
How safe is BA1 5PT
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 15.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BA1 5PT area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
15.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
24
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
BA1 5PTNational
Burglary9.79.1
Violence and sexual offences5.923.6
Vehicle crime5.03.5
Anti-social behaviour5.010.7
Other theft2.44.5
Criminal damage and arson1.14.7
Robbery0.51.4
Possession of weapons0.20.9
Public order0.24.6
Drugs0.12.4
Shoplifting0.18.4
Other crime0.01.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 57% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.