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Bath

Bath is a town in Somerset, England, with a population of around 101,557. It has 1 school, 2 pharmacies, and around 103 restaurants and cafés, with 137 bus stops and Oldfield Park railway station 0.8 km away. The average sold house price is around £551,220. There were around 605 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly shoplifting. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Bath area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Bath and North East Somerset area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 193,409 residents at roughly 559 people per km².

Council
Bath and North East Somerset
County
Somerset
Constituency
Bath
Police force
Avon and Somerset
66/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 40th of 294 English council areas — better than 86% of them.

Low crime59
Home affordability25
Affordable rents6
Good schools82
Life expectancy89
Low deprivation86
Employment96
Low council tax63

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

19°CCloudy

  • Today: 22° / 11° · 23% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:33

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, United Kingdom

Crime

585 reported · July 2026 24% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences191
  • Anti-social behaviour107
  • Shoplifting85
  • Other theft41

Neighbourhood team: Bath City South · Avon And Somerset

Local policing priorities

  • Banes Neighbourhood Police team will be Targeting prolific shop theft offenders
  • Patrols will be conducted by the Local Neighbourhood Police Team around Widcombe Parade and surrounding areas.

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

187 reported road collisions (2024)

41 killed or seriously injured · 249 casualties · 9.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 398 rated 4–5 ★ (310 top)
  • 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

1 active warning/alert

  • Flood alert: Tidal River Avon at Bristol, Pill and Shirehampton

Source: Environment Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Bath Spa (0.4 km)
  • 111 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Bath Spa (0.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£404,480 average 0.1% YoY

Across Bath and North East Somerset · to 2026-06

Detached£705,147
Semi-detached£440,465
Terraced£384,310
Flat£238,214

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,881 average monthly rent 7.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,205
  • 2 bed £1,520
  • 3 bed £1,806

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

10.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.4 times median annual pay (10.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · BP (10.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (10.2 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

40 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: SouthGate Bath Level -1, -2 & -3 (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms18
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches60
  • Playgrounds20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

193,409 residents in Bath and North East Somerset · 559/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 64%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 274 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,383 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 86,890)

A £1,589
B £1,854
C £2,119
D £2,383
E £2,913
F £3,443
G £3,972
H £4,767

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

94 schools · 31,546 pupils

63 primary · 14 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 39 of 41 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

80inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Beechen Cliff SchoolGood
  • IKB AcademyGood
  • Lift BroadlandsGood
  • Oldfield SchoolGood
  • Saint Gregory's Catholic CollegeGood
  • St Mark's CofE SchoolGood
  • Writhlington SchoolGood
  • Chew Valley School
  • Hayesfield Girls School
  • Norton Hill Academy
  • Ralph Allen School
  • Somerset Studio School
  • Somervale Secondary School
  • Wellsway School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bath and North East Somerset

Care & health services

186 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes55
  • GP practices26
  • Dentists59
  • Homecare agencies29
  • Hospitals & hospices4

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bath and North East Somerset

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Bath)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 1,538 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

380 applications decided

93.2% granted · 354 granted, 26 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Wera Hobhouse

Liberal Democrat

Bath

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Lab 6
  • Con 2
  • LD 38
  • Grn 3
  • Oth 9

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools16
  • GPs & clinics9
  • Pharmacies11
  • Supermarkets6
  • Parks & greens46
  • Restaurants & cafés330

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,635 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

2,310 jobs advertised · £39,530 avg

e.g. Maintenance Controller ( Fixed Term), Customer Service Specialist - Bristol onsite, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£790 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,582 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 93,877 certificates

10.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

68% low-carbon electricity

Solar 52% · Gas 29% · Wind 16% · Imports 3%

116 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 65.6 women · 65.3 men

52% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

30 GP surgeries · 13 pharmacies in BA2

  • Widcombe Surgery
  • Heart Of Bath
  • Combe Down Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bath:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Beechen Cliff School · 0.3 km

    Beechen Cliff School is a boys' secondary school in Bath, Somerset, England, with about 1,150 pupils. Its earliest predecessor school was founded in 1896.

  • Bath power station · 0.4 km

    Bath power station supplied electricity to the City of Bath and the wider area from 1890. The station was originally built and operated by the City of Bath Electric Lighting and Engineering Company Limited. The power…

  • Bath bus station · 0.4 km

    Bath bus station serves as part of an integrated transport interchange for the city of Bath, Somerset, England.

  • Bear Flat · 0.4 km

    Bear Flat is a neighbourhood within the city of Bath, in the Bath and North East Somerset district, in Somerset, England, to the south of the city centre and to the west of Beechen Cliff. It forms the southern part of…

  • The Forum, Bath · 0.4 km

    The Forum was built as an art deco cinema in Bath, Somerset, England, in 1934, and was designated as a Grade II* listed building on 28 May 1986. The building closed as a cinema in 1969, and has subsequently been used…

  • Lyncombe, Bath · 0.4 km

    Lyncombe is a district and electoral ward in Bath, Somerset, and a former parish in the Diocese of Bath and Wells. In the mid-19th century the parish was formed when the parish of Widcombe and Lyncombe was split in tw…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Bath?
Bath is a town in Somerset, England, in the Bath and North East Somerset local authority.
What is the population of Bath?
Bath has an approximate settlement population of 101,557.
How deprived is Bath?
The Bath and North East Somerset local authority, which includes Bath, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.