Postcode · Bath
Crime in BA2 2JL
How much crime is recorded in BA2 2JL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Oldfield Park West
- Council
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Region
- South West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,618 (2024)
BA2 2JLBath
How safe is BA2 2JL
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 16.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BA2 2JL 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
16.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
28
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 2JLNational
Burglary23.99.1
Violence and sexual offences8.823.6
Anti-social behaviour3.710.7
Other theft2.84.5
Criminal damage and arson2.14.7
Public order1.14.6
Vehicle crime0.93.5
Bicycle theft0.71.0
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Drugs0.52.4
Other crime0.31.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 40% 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.