Crap Towns / Keynsham / Crime

How much crime is there in Keynsham?

The police recorded 74.8 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Keynsham from September 2023 to August 2026, about the same as the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 37.7. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 82.0, up from 75.9 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	75.9	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	66.5	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	82.0	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	37.7	34.1
Public order	8.7	6.6
Criminal damage and arson	7.6	7.0
Shoplifting	4.9	7.1
Other theft	3.9	5.4
Burglary	3.1	3.1
Drugs	2.7	2.4
Vehicle crime	2.7	3.8
Other crime	1.7	2.0
Robbery	0.9	0.6
Possession of weapons	0.5	0.8
Bicycle theft	0.3	0.5
Theft from the person	0.2	0.4

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Bristol	7.9 km	127
Filton	12.8 km	99.7
Bath	9.7 km	99.3
Radstock	13.7 km	80.8
Stoke Gifford	11.2 km	76.0
Kingswood and Fishponds	7.2 km	75.3
Keynsham	–	74.8
Long Ashton	11.7 km	45.4
Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne	13.1 km	43.1
Peasedown St John	11.5 km	42.7
Paulton	11.6 km	37.0
The typical town	–	76.2