Crime in Bath and North East Somerset: statistics, rates and trends

Violence and sexual offences (6,478), anti-social behaviour (2,931) and shoplifting (2,088) made up 64% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 131st of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the upper half.

The year to August 2026 had the most recorded crime in Bath and North East Somerset of any year here (18,013 crimes). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it rose 26%, while across England and Wales it fell 4%.

Month by month

No category with at least 20 crimes was notably above the England and Wales rate, and theft from the person (77% below) and drugs (63% below) were well below it. On the year before, theft from the person rose from 41 to 78 and possession of weapons rose from 86 to 142.

What each category covers: crime categories.

15,811 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in Bath and North East Somerset in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 79.0 per 1,000 residents, close to the England and Wales rate of 83.2. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, Bath and North East Somerset had the 118th highest rate (the street-level ranking above is among the 302 districts with street-level pages on this site, over the 12 months to August 2026).

Of the crimes recorded in the Avon and Somerset Police area in the year ending March 2026, 2.5% were not assigned to a district. Those crimes are counted in the force and England and Wales totals but in no district, so the figure for Bath and North East Somerset is an undercount.

No change on the year or longer series is given for Bath and North East Somerset: comparable figures start in the year ending March 2026, because the share of crimes in the Avon and Somerset Police area not assigned to a district moved from 1.4% in the year ending March 2025 to 2.5% in the year ending March 2026, which changes district totals without any change in crime.

Offences recorded in Bath and North East Somerset, the year ending March 2026

The largest category was violence without injury, with 2,672 offences (17% of the total). Relative to England and Wales, rates were highest for public order offences (1.3 times the national rate) and robbery of business property (1.3 times the national rate). Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for theft from the person (0.21 times), trafficking of drugs (0.29 times) and possession of drugs (0.39 times).

Districts in the Avon and Somerset Police area, the year ending March 2026

Of the 5 districts in the Avon and Somerset Police area with a figure for the year ending March 2026, Bath and North East Somerset had the 2nd lowest rate.

Source: Home Office police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables (released 23 July 2026), gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Financial years, excluding fraud; how they differ from the street-level figures: methodology.

3 of the 8 nearest districts have a higher crime rate than Bath and North East Somerset; the highest is Bristol, City of (148.8 per 1,000) and the lowest Wiltshire (60.6).

Of the 51 areas within Bath and North East Somerset, Kingsmead had the highest crime rate (376.8 per 1,000) and Newton St Loe the lowest (25.0), 15 times apart.

The 10 locations below account for 21% of the crime recorded in Bath and North East Somerset over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Supermarket” (1,047).

Of the 15,082 crimes in Bath and North East Somerset with a recorded outcome, 34% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 5.8% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 2,931 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.

Bath and North East Somerset has an estimated population of 200,028 (ONS, mid-2024). Compared with England and Wales it has more students (14.9%, against 7.9%) and fewer residents with no qualifications (12%, against 18%). On the England IoD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up Bath and North East Somerset average decile 7.4 (1 = most deprived), less deprived than average.

Police-recorded crime from data.police.uk (September 2017 to August 2026), ONS population estimates and Census 2021. Definitions and limitations: methodology.