# BA1

Postcode district covering Bath, in Bath and North East Somerset.

BA1 is a postcode district covering Bath, in Bath and North East Somerset. Median sale price £480,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 155.8 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code BA1. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [BA](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an BA1 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £480,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in BA1 was £480,000 in 2025. Joint 328th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba1#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 42,560** (2021). BA1 had 42,560 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 368th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba1#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in BA1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba1#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 60.6%** (January 2026). In BA1, 60.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba1#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=BA1) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in BA1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=BA1) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 694 homes were sold in BA1 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=BA1) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for BA1.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=BA1) (Census 2021, England and Wales): BA1 had 42,560 usual residents at the census.

## How BA1 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | BA1 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £480,000 | most expensive | 19 postcode districts, BA · 2025 |
| Population | 42,560 | 3rd most populated | 19 postcode districts, BA · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 19 postcode districts, BA · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 60.6% | lowest | 19 postcode districts, BA · Jan 2026 |

## Is BA1 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BA1 at a rate of 155.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 85.4 per 1,000 people across the BA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 612 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BA1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,145), anti-social behaviour (1,263) and other crime (1,259).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BA1 was 143.4 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in BA1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BA1 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 9 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in BA1

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014409) | 1,611 | 72.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.4% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014410) | 1,786 | 32.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.7% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014411) | 2,178 | 77.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 67.9% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014477) | 1,478 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.8% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014478) | 1,193 | 97.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014479) | 1,414 | 30.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.4% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014480) | 1,463 | 74.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.5% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014465) | 1,543 | 113.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.0% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014466) | 1,299 | 121.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 47.0% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014467) | 1,541 | 65.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 49.0% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014370) | 1,814 | 872.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 40.9% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014372) | 1,880 | 279.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 32.1% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014412) | 1,333 | 41.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 76.8% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014413) | 2,485 | 45.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 57.1% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 007F](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014414) | 1,526 | 84.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 15.5% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014427) | 1,264 | 84.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.3% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014428) | 1,316 | 156.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.8% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014429) | 1,570 | 49.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.8% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014430) | 1,581 | 70.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.3% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014405) | 2,136 | 62.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 84.0% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014407) | 1,672 | 440.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 32.8% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01033080) | 2,224 | 199.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 39.5% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014373) | 1,607 | 35.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 76.7% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014374) | 1,556 | 24.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 39.1% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014375) | 1,293 | 56.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 31.7% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014376) | 1,583 | 23.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 10.3% |

## Your MP

- [Bath](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bath): Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 99% of the people here.
- [Thornbury and Yate](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/thornbury-and-yate): Claire Young (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 0.7% of the people here.
- [North East Somerset and Hanham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-east-somerset-and-hanham): Dan Norris (Independent), MP since July 2024. 0.1% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in BA1

[Bathavon North & South](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/bathavon-north-and-south), [Central Bath & Lansdown](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/central-bath-and-lansdown), [Kingsmead](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/kingsmead), [Lambridge & Fairfield Park](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/lambridge-and-fairfield-park), [Newbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/newbridge), [Walcot](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/walcot), [Weston](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/weston)

## Postcode sectors in BA1

[BA1 0 (77 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba1-0), [BA1 1 (161 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba1-1), [BA1 2 (224 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba1-2), [BA1 3 (184 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba1-3), [BA1 4 (130 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba1-4), [BA1 5 (208 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba1-5), [BA1 6 (227 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba1-6), [BA1 7 (195 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba1-7), [BA1 8 (68 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba1-8), [BA1 9 (52 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba1-9)

## Council

[Bath and North East Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset)

## Towns in BA1

[Bath](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bath)

## Postcode districts next to BA1

[BA2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba2), [BA15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba15), [BS30](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs30), [BS31](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs31), [SN13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn13), [SN14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn14)

## Nearest rail stations

[Oldfield Park (3.3 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.3805,51.3792), [Bath Spa (3.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.3570,51.3777)

## More in the BA postcode area

[All BA postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## BA1 in brief

BA1 is a postcode district covering Bath, in Bath and North East Somerset.
About 43,418 people lived in BA1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £480,000 in 2025 across 694 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 155.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BA1 was £480,000 in 2025.
BA1 had 42,560 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in BA1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BA1, 60.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: BA1
- Postcode area: [BA](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba)
- Constituency: [Bath †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bath)
- Council: [Bath and North East Somerset †](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset)
- Area: 51.98 km²
- People, mid-2024: 43,418*
- Neighbourhoods: 26
- Output areas: 152

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[BA2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba2), [SN14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn14), [SN13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn13), [BA15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba15), [BS30](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs30), [BS31](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs31)

## Latest updates for BA1

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/BA1

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba1, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba1#f-house-sales-median-price.

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