BA1 postcode area guide — Bath and North East Somerset
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BA1 postcode district in Bath and North East Somerset — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BA1
Good coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
86.8%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
38.6%
Gigabit-capable
32.8%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.6%
Broadband availability in the BA1 postcode district (Bath and North East Somerset) is Good — superfast broadband reaches most premises. Across the 1,446 postcodes Ofcom measures in BA1, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 86.8% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 32.8%.
Around 0.6% of premises in BA1 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in BA1
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BA1 1AA | 0% | 0% |
| BA1 1AG | 33.3% | 33.3% |
| BA1 1AJ | 100% | 0% |
| BA1 1AL | 0% | 0% |
| BA1 1AN | 100% | 0% |
| BA1 1AP | 73.3% | 40% |
| BA1 1AQ | 100% | 76.7% |
| BA1 1AR | 96.8% | 96.8% |
| BA1 1AT | 100% | 33.3% |
| BA1 1AU | 98.1% | 98.1% |
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Mobile signal around Bath and North East Somerset
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Bath And North East Somerset district (91,010 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
89.1%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.4%
5G outdoors — all networks
36.4%
Voice indoors — all networks
92.1%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in BA1
Police recorded 496 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BA1 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 127 | 25.6% |
| Violence & sexual offences | 117 | 23.6% |
| Shoplifting | 83 | 16.7% |
| Public order | 53 | 10.7% |
| Other theft | 29 | 5.8% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 27 | 5.4% |
| Robbery | 13 | 2.6% |
| Burglary | 12 | 2.4% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in BA1
Based on 511 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in BA1 is £475,000, up 3.3% on the previous year (£460,000).
Detached
£885,000
60 sales
Semi-detached
£580,000
91 sales
Terraced
£495,000
164 sales
Flat / maisonette
£310,000
178 sales
Latest recorded sales in BA1
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 May 2026 | £735,000 | Semi-detached | School Lane | BA1 7ER |
| 15 May 2026 | £450,000 | Semi-detached | Audley Grove | BA1 3BS |
| 15 May 2026 | £748,500 | Flat | Oxford Row | BA1 2QN |
| 14 May 2026 | £650,000 | Detached | Purlewent Drive | BA1 4AZ |
| 8 May 2026 | £250,000 | Terraced | Stambridge | BA1 7NH |
| 8 May 2026 | £162,500 | Flat | Barton Buildings | BA1 2JR |
| 8 May 2026 | £195,000 | Flat | High Street | BA1 4DF |
| 6 May 2026 | £525,000 | Flat | Kensington Place | BA1 6FW |
| 5 May 2026 | £280,000 | Flat | Gloucester Road | BA1 8AZ |
| 1 May 2026 | £405,000 | Terraced | Hungerford Road | BA1 3BX |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Bath and North East Somerset demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Bath and North East Somerset district (193,409 residents, 79,250 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16.4% |
| 15–29 | 28.1% |
| 30–44 | 17.3% |
| 45–64 | 18.8% |
| 65+ | 19.4% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 65.3% |
| Private rented | 19.4% |
| Social rented | 10.5% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around BA1
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oldfield School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,287 | BA1 9AB |
| Kingswood School | Not applicable | 11–19 | 886 | BA1 5RG |
| Royal High School GDST | Not applicable | 3–19 | 484 | BA1 5SZ |
| Kingswood Preparatory School | Not applicable | 1–11 | 469 | BA1 5SD |
| Weston All Saints CofE Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 418 | BA1 4JR |
| Newbridge Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 405 | BA1 3LL |
| St Stephens Church School | Primary | 4–11 | 360 | BA1 5PZ |
| St Mark's CofE School | Secondary | 11–18 | 259 | BA1 6ND |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in BA1
636 rated food businesses operate in BA1. 397 hold the top rating of 5, 107 are rated 4, and 14 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 103 Childcare, 18 Green Street Wine Co., Abbey Hotel, Bath, Achieve Together, Adventure Cafe.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in BA1
From a sample of 69 Energy Performance Certificates across 7 BA1 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 29% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band C
29%
Band D
52%
Band E
13%
Band F
6%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Bath and North East Somerset
Landlines around BA1 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.
