Bath

9°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 5° · 35% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:36

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 6.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

606 reported · August 2026▲ 29% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences172
• Anti-social behaviour144
• Shoplifting129
• Criminal damage & arson39

30 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Bath City South · Avon And Somerset

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

202 reported road collisions (2025)

69 killed or seriously injured · 250 casualties · 10.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 400 rated 4–5 ★ (312 top)
• 10 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£406,084 average▼ 1.8% YoY

Across Bath and North East Somerset · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,885 average monthly rent▲ 7.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,207
• 2 bed £1,523
• 3 bed £1,811

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

2,395 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

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

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK19,824
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK19,688
• Net moves+136

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 252 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,383 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

94 schools · 31,546 pupils

63 primary · 14 secondary · 17 other

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

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

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

189 CQC-registered services

• Care homes55
• GP practices26
• Dentists62
• Homecare agencies29
• Hospitals & hospices4

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bath and North East Somerset

• In a conservation area (Bath)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 1,539 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

479 applications decided

96.5% granted · 462 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Wera Hobhouse

Liberal Democrat

Bath

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 6
• Con 2
• LD 38
• Grn 3
• Oth 10

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,780 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,295 jobs advertised · £41,254 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time, Care Coordinator, Ward Hostess/Host

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

4% low-carbon electricity

Gas 96% · Wind 4%

380 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

31 GP surgeries · 13 pharmacies in BA2

• Widcombe Surgery
• Heart Of Bath
• Combe Down Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bath:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks667 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills171 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately159 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND138 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Review the 2026 visa brake: Publish evidence & create transitional arrangements128 local signatures · 38,019 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  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…

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  Bath bus station · 0.4 km

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

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  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…

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  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…

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  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)