Widcombe, Bathwick Hill & Claverton Down

Bath and North East Somerset · South West · population 12,086 · 6 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

96Area Score / 100 ?
  • #252 of 6,856 in England
  • #21 of 710 in South West
  • #2 of 27 in Bath and North East Somerset
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,774
Median age (est.)24
Density1,873per km²
No qualifications4%
Degree or above42%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 9%15–24 44%25–44 15%45–64 18%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 29%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 6%Private rent 29%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 6%Other: 27%
One person 28%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 6%Other 27%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 32% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional32%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional15%
Elementary7%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service6%
Caring & leisure5%
Skilled trades4%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 85%Asian: 8%Black: 1%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 85%Asian 8%Black 1%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 51% · Christian 35% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 22%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Widcombe, Bathwick Hill & Claverton Down is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #252 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #2 of 27 in Bath and North East Somerset. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (100) but weak on Living environment (23). Typical homes here sold for about £585,000 over the past year, down 11% across five years (from 125 sales), 48% above the wider Bath and North East Somerset median of £395,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,346 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 45 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 100 · #19
Employment 100 · #12
Education 98 · #142
Health 98 · #169
Crime 99 · #94
Housing & access 74 · #1,760
Living environment 23 · #5,263

House prices ?

£585,000median (12m) · -14.8% yr · n=125
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£585,000125-14.8%-10.7%
Detached£1,850,00017+54.2%+37.0%
Semi-detached£837,50014-3.2%+35.3%
Terraced£625,00051-19.4%-25.6%
Flat£315,00043-0.9%+10.5%
This area£585,000
Bath and North East Somerset£395,000
South West£310,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£48,346±£7,620 · #1,387 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,585
Price-to-income ?12.1×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

24Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

45 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 539 offences
Bath and North East Somerset74
South West71
England83

Rank #1,644 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences195
Theft142
Burglary34
Vehicle crime32
Criminal damage & arson35
Public order & weapons68
Drugs11
Robbery13
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 156 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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