Crime Statistics for Combe Down, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Combe Down in October 2024. There were a total of 52 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Combe Down, 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	24
Anti Social Behaviour	6
Public Order	6
Shoplifting	4
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Vehicle Crime	3
Other Crime	2
Other Theft	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	52

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Combe Down. 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 Combe Down

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Dolemeads (1.39 miles)	977
Bath (1.75 miles)	581
Beechen Cliff (1.39 miles)	555
Fox Hill (0.62 miles)	167
Southstoke (1.39 miles)	72
Combe Down	52
Claverton Down (0.88 miles)	42
Monkton Combe (0.62 miles)	12
Kennet and Avon Canal (1.25 miles)	10
Tucking Mill (0.62 miles)	10

Where are the most violent places near Combe Down?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Dolemeads	259
Bath	154
Beechen Cliff	144
Fox Hill	100
Southstoke	31
Claverton Down	26
Combe Down	24
Monkton Combe	5
Tucking Mill	4
Kennet and Avon Canal	3

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Combe Down?

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 Combe Down 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 Combe Down compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Combe Down and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Resident in Combe Down have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Kingsmead.

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

Which road in Combe Down has the highest level of crime?

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