# Bath

Town in Bath and North East Somerset, South West.

Bath is a town in Bath and North East Somerset, South West. Median sale price £448,750 in 2025. Recorded crime 118.8 per 1,000 people. About 98,053 people.

Town. Code E63005227. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Bath and North East Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset)

Bath is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Bath add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £448,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Bath was £448,750 in 2025. Joint 124th most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bath#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 94,080** (2021). Bath had 94,080 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 114th most populated of 1,209. 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/town/bath#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Bath 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/town/bath#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 76.0%** (January 2026). In Bath, 76.0% 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/town/bath#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63005227) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Bath live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63005227) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 1,358 homes were sold in Bath in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63005227) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Bath.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63005227) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Bath had 94,080 usual residents at the census.

## How Bath compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Bath | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £448,750 | most expensive | 116 towns, South West · 2025 |
| Population | 94,080 | 10th most populated | 116 towns, South West · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 116 towns, South West · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 76.0% | 15th lowest | 116 towns, South West · Jan 2026 |

## Is Bath safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bath at a rate of 118.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across South West.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 975 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bath.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,812), other crime (2,099) and anti-social behaviour (1,927).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Bath was 110.8 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 Bath, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Bath has no single figure. Of its 58 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 16 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in Bath

| 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 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014468) | 1,474 | 187.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 45.6% |
| [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 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014371) | 1,959 | 463.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 33.3% |
| [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 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014461) | 1,189 | 80.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014462) | 1,511 | 109.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014463) | 1,602 | 168.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 53.6% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014464) | 1,485 | 255.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 77.0% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014380) | 4,214 | 15.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 65.9% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014381) | 1,497 | 79.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 63.8% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014481) | 1,389 | 67.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 78.6% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014482) | 1,311 | 22.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 84.5% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014483) | 1,471 | 156.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 78.1% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 012F](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014484) | 1,893 | 56.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.3% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014473) | 1,788 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.8% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014474) | 1,281 | 76.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.2% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014476) | 1,536 | 27.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.7% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01035207) | 1,461 | 51.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.1% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 013F](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01035208) | 2,265 | 67.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.1% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014435) | 1,693 | 86.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.3% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014436) | 1,582 | 45.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.1% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014437) | 1,434 | 78.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.2% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014438) | 1,271 | 57.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014455) | 1,350 | 102.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.3% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014456) | 1,504 | 79.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.8% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014457) | 1,411 | 122.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014458) | 1,376 | 68.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.3% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014415) | 1,957 | 114.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.2% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014416) | 1,744 | 185.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014417) | 1,844 | 98.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.4% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014387) | 1,677 | 119.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.3% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014388) | 1,292 | 40.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.5% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014389) | 1,948 | 51.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.2% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 018D](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014390) | 1,411 | 143.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.1% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014431) | 1,226 | 115.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014432) | 1,389 | 63.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014433) | 1,363 | 96.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| [Bath and North East Somerset 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/neighbourhood/e01014434) | 1,943 | 31.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |

## Your MP

- [Bath](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bath): Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024.

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

## Council

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

## Postcode districts covering Bath

[BA1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba1), [BA2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba2)

## Middle areas in Bath

[Bloomfield](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/bloomfield), [Central Bath & Lansdown](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/central-bath-and-lansdown), [Combe Down](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/combe-down), [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), [Odd Down](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/odd-down), [Oldfield Park East](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/oldfield-park-east), [Oldfield Park West](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/oldfield-park-west), [Southdown](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/southdown), [Twerton](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/twerton), [Walcot](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/walcot), [Weston](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/weston), [Widcombe, Bathwick Hill & Claverton Down](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset/widcombe-bathwick-hill-and-claverton-down)

## Towns near Bath

[Bradford-on-Avon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bradford-on-avon), [Keynsham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/keynsham), [Kingswood and Fishponds](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kingswood-and-fishponds), [Radstock](https://openindex.co.uk/town/radstock), [Trowbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/trowbridge), [Bristol](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol)

## Bath in brief

Bath is a town in Bath and North East Somerset, South West.
About 98,053 people lived in Bath in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £448,750 in 2025 across 1,358 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 118.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Bath was £448,750 in 2025.
Bath had 94,080 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Bath live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bath, 76.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63005227
- Constituency: [Bath †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bath)
- Council: [Bath and North East Somerset †](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset)
- Region: [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 22.82 km²
- People, mid-2024: 98,053*
- Neighbourhoods: 58
- Output areas: 311

* 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 and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Bradford-on-Avon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bradford-on-avon), [Keynsham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/keynsham), [Kingswood and Fishponds](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kingswood-and-fishponds), [Radstock](https://openindex.co.uk/town/radstock), [Trowbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/trowbridge), [Bristol](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol)

## Latest updates for Bath

- 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/E63005227

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