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BA1

Postcode district

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

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

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in BA1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£480,000
Joint 328th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
42,560
368th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
60.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How BA1 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

BA1Middle
Median sale price19 postcode districts, BA · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in BA19 areas from £220,000 to £480,000. The middle area is £294,500. BA1 is £480,000.
£480,000most expensive
Population19 postcode districts, BA · 2021
Population: every postcode district in BA19 areas from 3,585 to 79,902. The middle area is 18,931. BA1 is 42,560.
42,5603rd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares19 postcode districts, BA · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in BA19 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 89.0%. BA1 is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage19 postcode districts, BA · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in BA19 areas from 60.6% to 98.2%. The middle area is 82.7%. BA1 is 60.6%.
60.6%lowest

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

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

Neighbourhoods in BA1

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Bath and North East Somerset 004A1,61172.6 per 1,000586.4%
Bath and North East Somerset 004B1,78632.1 per 1,0001098.7%
Bath and North East Somerset 004C2,17877.3 per 1,000967.9%
Bath and North East Somerset 005A1,47828.7 per 1,0001091.8%
Bath and North East Somerset 005B1,19397.2 per 1,000499.4%
Bath and North East Somerset 005C1,41430.7 per 1,0001087.4%
Bath and North East Somerset 005D1,46374.5 per 1,000690.5%
Bath and North East Somerset 006A1,543113.2 per 1,000989.0%
Bath and North East Somerset 006B1,299121.7 per 1,000447.0%
Bath and North East Somerset 006C1,54165.7 per 1,000849.0%
Bath and North East Somerset 007A1,814872.1 per 1,000340.9%
Bath and North East Somerset 007C1,880279.3 per 1,000532.1%
Bath and North East Somerset 007D1,33341.3 per 1,0001076.8%
Bath and North East Somerset 007E2,48545.4 per 1,0001057.1%
Bath and North East Somerset 007F1,52684.6 per 1,000615.5%
Bath and North East Somerset 008A1,26484.7 per 1,000994.3%
Bath and North East Somerset 008B1,316156.7 per 1,0001096.8%
Bath and North East Somerset 008C1,57049.2 per 1,0001096.8%
Bath and North East Somerset 008D1,58170.7 per 1,000997.3%
Bath and North East Somerset 009A2,13662.6 per 1,0001084.0%
Bath and North East Somerset 009C1,672440.5 per 1,000432.8%
Bath and North East Somerset 009E2,224199.9 per 1,000739.5%
Bath and North East Somerset 010A1,60735.7 per 1,000776.7%
Bath and North East Somerset 010B1,55624.7 per 1,000939.1%
Bath and North East Somerset 010C1,29356.8 per 1,000831.7%
Bath and North East Somerset 010D1,58323.1 per 1,0001010.3%

MPs for BA1

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

Middle areas in BA17

Postcode sectors in BA110

Council1

Towns in BA11

Postcode districts next to BA16

Nearest rail stations2

More in the BA postcode area2

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.