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Bath
vsBristol
- House price
- £603,871 · £438,474
- Crime rate
- 63.9 · 46.8
- Distance
- 11.1 mi
Birmingham
vsCoventry
- House price
- £266,208 · £269,873
- Crime rate
- 14.8 · 27.3
- Distance
- 16.6 mi
Portsmouth
vsSouthampton
- House price
- £339,811 · £337,696
- Crime rate
- 25.9 · 37.2
- Distance
- 15.7 mi
Oxford
vsReading
- House price
- £602,910 · £471,265
- Crime rate
- 17.7 · 27.3
- Distance
- 23.3 mi
Cheltenham
vsGloucester
- House price
- £443,327 · £317,651
- Crime rate
- 38.5 · 44.3
- Distance
- 6.8 mi
Harrogate
vsYork
- House price
- £442,634 · £370,484
- Crime rate
- 38.4 · 45.4
- Distance
- 18.2 mi
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Compare My Area helps you make informed decisions about where to live in the UK by providing transparent, data-driven comparisons between towns and cities.
Every figure is drawn from official UK government open data — HM Land Registry, Police UK, the Department for Education and Ofsted, Ofcom, the EPC Register, and the ONS Census 2021 — and refreshed each month.