Postcode · Bath
Crime in BA2 2HY
How much crime is recorded in BA2 2HY, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Oldfield Park East
- Council
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Region
- South West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,473 (2024)
BA2 2HYBath
How safe is BA2 2HY
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 38.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BA2 2HY area, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
38.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
57
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).
BA2 2HYNational
Violence and sexual offences31.623.6
Burglary10.09.1
Other theft5.24.5
Anti-social behaviour4.710.7
Criminal damage and arson4.54.7
Vehicle crime3.23.5
Public order2.44.6
Other crime1.41.5
Robbery0.31.4
Possession of weapons0.20.9
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.