Bath City Centre — Neighbourhood Policing Team

Over the past few months there was been a large increase in reports of antisocial behaviour around the Snow Hill estate. Predominantly, these reports have come from the Berkeley House block. The reports have centred around: non-residents accessing the blocks drug dealing and use rough sleeping in communal areas, blocking access up and down stairways or to lifts verbal abuse of residents littering and mess being left in communal areas We are working closely with Curo to address these issues.

Partial Closure Order Secured: On July 1st at Bath Magistrates Court, we were successful in our application for a partial closure order for Berkeley House. Supported by Curo and residents of the block itself, the order is the first of its kind to be obtained against an entire block of flats in the Bath and North East Somerset local policing area. Full Story: Non-residents banned from tower block in landmark anti-social behaviour crackdown | Avon and Somerset Police

Set: 2026-04-01

The above issue is a forcewide priority for Avon and Somerset Constabulary to make women feel safer walking, predominantly after dark, in their communities. Reports can be made via – Report feeling unsafe in public spaces (StreetSafe) | Avon and Somerset Police or a walk and talk with a female officer can be arranged via – Walk and Talk | Avon and Somerset Police This work ties in closely with our efforts to make our City Centre Night-Time Economy a safer place for all. See our other listed priority for more details: www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/your-area/bath-city-centre/priorities/safety-in-our-night-time-economy/

June Update: Football World Cup: Throughout the Football World Cup we have been providing patrols and extra visibility around our licensed premises, engaging with customers and staff to ensure matches are passing safely. Additionally, on Saturday 27th June we undertook a drugs trace testing operation at a local nightclub in an effort to prevent drugs that can be used for spiking making their way into the venue. In our hour and a half deployment we tested over 50 people. One male aged 19 was stop-searched following a detection by our equipment, and was found to be in possession of suspected Class A drugs. We would like to thank our local venue staff for their efforts in making the City Centre a safe place to enjoy watching the football so far this tournament. Bath Pubwatch: Over the past few months we have supported local venues alongside Bath BID in the launch of the new Bath Pubwatch scheme. Aligned with National Pubwatch and lead by a committee made up of local venue managers, the scheme enables participating venues to issue bans for those that regularly cause trouble in the Night Time Economy. While it is still early days for the Pubwatch they have already issued three banning notices.

Set: 2025-05-16

We understand the impact that shoplifting is having on businesses in the City Centre. We are working with shops to help them report accurately and effectively, targeting our most prolific offenders. We are conducting proactive patrols in hotspot areas, and around stores most effected by shoplifters. We host a bi-monthly Retailers Security Meeting alongside Bath BID. At this meeting we help stores identify regular shoplifters, and bring their attention to any new offenders and offending trends.

April Update: In the past month the City Centre Team have worked with our Neighbourhood Tasking Team to arrest and charge several prolific shoplifters. Split between five offenders we have made a number of arrests that have led to (among others) charges of: 25x Shop Thefts, 5x breaches of Criminal Behaviour Orders, and 1x Burglary. Two offenders have already been sentenced at the courts and have received almost two years imprisonment between them, and one has been issued with a Criminal Behaviour Order that we applied for in conjunction with our Antisocial Behaviour Team. The remaining offenders have future court dates set for the coming months.

Set: 2026-01-05

We are committed to making the night-time economy (NTE) a safe place for all in Bath. In particular, we have a focus on ensuring Women and Girls are free from harassment, violence and other offences associated with the NTE.

This priority will be closed and merged with “Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls” as there is a significant amount of crossover between these pieces of work.

Set: 2025-12-24