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Combe Down

Middle area

East Bath and North East Somerset. 6,871 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.7 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Combe Down live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£520,000
Joint 862nd most expensive of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
6,328
Joint 3,246th least populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
92.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Combe Down

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Combe Down at a rate of 87.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 89.7 per 1,000 people across Bath and North East Somerset.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences243
Other crime98
Anti-social behaviour86
Shoplifting61
Criminal damage and arson40
Burglary31
Vehicle crime17
Robbery11
Drug offences10
Theft from the person1

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Combe Down compares

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Combe DownMiddle
Median sale price27 middle areas, Bath and North East Somerset · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Bath and North East Somerset27 areas from £270,000 to £671,000. The middle area is £386,250. Combe Down is £520,000.
£520,0005th most expensive
Population27 middle areas, Bath and North East Somerset · 2021
Population: every middle area in Bath and North East Somerset27 areas from 5,543 to 11,773. The middle area is 6,216. Combe Down is 6,328.
6,32813th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares27 middle areas, Bath and North East Somerset · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Bath and North East Somerset27 areas from 84.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Combe Down is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage27 middle areas, Bath and North East Somerset · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Bath and North East Somerset27 areas from 40.1% to 99.8%. The middle area is 91.8%. Combe Down is 92.0%.
92.0%13th highest

Is Combe Down safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Combe Down at a rate of 87.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 89.7 per 1,000 people across Bath and North East Somerset.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 66 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Combe Down.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (243), other crime (98) and anti-social behaviour (86).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Bath and North East Somerset

These figures are published for the whole of Bath and North East Somerset, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Bath and North East Somerset and not Combe Down alone. See Bath and North East Somerset

Average house price
£406,084
Down 1.8% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£40,448
130th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
10.0×
Joint 52nd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
12.3
52nd least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Combe Down in brief

The median price paid for a home in Combe Down was £520,000 in 2025.

Combe Down had 6,328 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Combe Down live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Combe Down, 92.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.