Postcode · Bath
Crime in BA1 5RX
How much crime is recorded in BA1 5RX, 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
- 2,468 (2024)
BA1 5RXBath
How safe is BA1 5RX
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 17.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BA1 5RX area, well below 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
17.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
31
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 5RXNational
Violence and sexual offences12.223.6
Burglary7.89.1
Anti-social behaviour5.410.7
Vehicle crime3.33.5
Public order2.64.6
Criminal damage and arson2.64.7
Other theft1.44.5
Shoplifting0.58.4
Other crime0.51.5
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 83% 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.