Crime Statistics for Beechen Cliff, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Beechen Cliff in September 2024. There were a total of 528 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Beechen Cliff, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	152
Shoplifting	93
Anti Social Behaviour	64
Public Order	57
Other Theft	45
Criminal Damage Arson	44
Burglary	23
Robbery	11
Other Crime	10
Vehicle Crime	9
Bicycle Theft	8
Theft From The Person	5
Drugs	4
Possession Of Weapons	3
All Crime	528

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Beechen Cliff. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Beechen Cliff

We've taken the ten nearest places to Beechen Cliff and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Beechen Cliff has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Fairfield Park (1.24 miles)	784
Beechen Cliff	528
Bathwick (0.62 miles)	501
Larkhall (1.24 miles)	465
Bath (0.62 miles)	450
Beacon Hill (1.24 miles)	446
Dolemeads	364
Oldfield Park (1.24 miles)	294
South Twerton (1.24 miles)	294
Fox Hill (1.24 miles)	113

Where are the most violent places near Beechen Cliff?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Beechen Cliff and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Fairfield Park	240
Dolemeads	230
Bath	219
Beechen Cliff	152
Bathwick	144
Beacon Hill	136
Larkhall	135
Oldfield Park	95
South Twerton	95
Fox Hill	77

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Beechen Cliff?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Beechen Cliff to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Beechen Cliff compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Beechen Cliff and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Beechen Cliff is ranked #10.

#	Ward	Score
1	Kingsmead	66
2	Southdown	50
3	Walcot	47
4	Moorlands	45
5	Bathwick	45
6	Lansdown	45
7	Westmoreland	43
8	Lambridge	35
9	Oldfield Park	32
10	Widcombe & Lyncombe	29
11	Combe Down	25

Which road in Beechen Cliff has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Beechen Cliff with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.