Bath property guide

This guide brings together the latest property, schools and crime data for Bath, Bath And North East Somerset. Figures cover the 12 months to the end of February 2026 and are sourced from HM Land Registry, Police.uk and the DfE schools register.

Median sale price (12m)

£430,000

Sales registered (12m)

988

Open schools

35

House prices in Bath

The median sale price in Bath over the last 12 months was £430,000, across 988 recorded transactions. That is 1.8% lower than the previous 12 months.

Terraced homes were the most-traded type in Bath, accounting for 356 of the period's sales at a median of £421,000.

Median price by property type, last 12 months

Type	Median price	Sales
Detached	£735,000	158
Semi-detached	£475,000	192
Terraced	£421,000	356
Flat	£315,000	249
Other	£589,995	33

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Schools in Bath

Bath has 35 open schools recorded in the DfE register, including 20 primary, 4 secondary and 11 with a sixth form or 16-plus provision.

Nearest secondary schools to Bath centre

School	Postcode	Distance
Hayesfield Girls School	BA2 3LA	1 km
Beechen Cliff School	BA2 4RE	1.1 km
St Mark's CofE School	BA1 6ND	2 km
Ralph Allen School	BA2 7AD	3.1 km

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Crime in Bath

In Bath, the largest reported categories over the last 12 months were violence and sexual offences (29.6%), anti-social behaviour (15.5%) and public order (11.3%).

Largest reported categories, last 12 months

Category	Share
Violence and sexual offences	29.6%
Anti-social behaviour	15.5%
Public order	11.3%
Other theft	10.4%
Criminal damage and arson	7.8%

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Postcode districts in Bath

Reported incident counts vary across postcode districts within the Bath boundary, partly reflecting where Police.uk anonymises locations and partly reflecting genuine differences in foot traffic and population density.

Postcode district	Reports (12m)
BA1	6,372
BA2	6,372
	3,591

Living near Bath

Nearby towns include Radstock.

Radstock

Frequently asked questions about Bath

The median sale price in Bath over the last 12 months was £430,000, based on HM Land Registry data.

There are 35 open schools listed in the DfE register within the Bath area, covering primary, secondary and sixth-form provision.

According to Police.uk, the most-reported category in Bath over the last 12 months was violence and sexual offences, out of around 6,372 recorded incidents.

Sale prices come from HM Land Registry, crime statistics from the Police.uk open-data feed, schools data from the Department for Education, flood data from the Environment Agency, and energy ratings from the EPC public register.

The figures refresh monthly as new data is published by each source.

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Bath sold prices

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Crime in Bath

By category and postcode district

Schools in Bath

Primary, secondary and sixth-form

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