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How smart is Bath?
Bath, United Kingdom, scores 63.5% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #79 of 386 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
63.5%
Rank
#79 / 386
Criteria present
42 / 86
Evidence coverage
77.9%
Bath's smart city score by area
9 present · 2 partial · 3 absent · 1 not assessed
8 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 2 not assessed
6 present · 4 partial · 1 absent · 2 not assessed
4 present · 7 partial · 0 absent
7 present · 3 partial · 1 absent · 2 not assessed
6 present · 1 partial · 1 absent
2 present · 6 partial · 0 absent · 6 not assessed
Where Bath is strong
- ▸Public Transport & Real-Time Information
- ▸Air Quality & Monitoring
- ▸Housing & Urban Planning
- ▸Culture, Tourism & Recreation
- ▸Digital Government Services
Where the gaps are
- ▸Critical Infrastructure Resilience
- ▸Governance & Smart-City Operating Model
- ▸Disaster Risk & Resilience
- ▸Green Space & Biodiversity
- ▸Open Data & Transparency
Evidence highlights
Digital Government Services · Unified online services portal
The Bath & North East Somerset Council website (bathnes.gov.uk) serves as a central portal offering various municipal services, including options to pay Council Tax, search planning applications, report issues, and access a list of other services.
https://www.bathnes.gov.uk/Digital Government Services · Online payments for taxes & fees
The Bath & North East Somerset Council website allows residents to pay for various services online, including Council Tax, and provides a dedicated 'Pay for it' section that details online payment functionality and compatibility requirements.
https://www.bathnes.gov.uk/Digital Government Services · Citizen reporting / 311 channel
The Bath & North East Somerset Council provides a 'Report it' section on its website where citizens can report various issues such as concerns about children, antisocial behaviour, highway problems, missed bin collections, and environmental nuisances.
https://www.bathnes.gov.uk/Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin · Live city data dashboard
Bath has a public data store, Bath: Hacked Datastore, which provides live information for car park occupancy and live air quality sensor data. Additionally, Bath & North East Somerset Council launched an interactive Transport Action Map with up-to-date prog…
https://newsroom.bathnes.gov.uk/news/bath-north-east-somerset-council-launches-interactive-transport-action-map-showcase-schemesAbout this assessment
Bath was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-07-10 by AI agents gathering evidence from official public sources. Each criterion is marked present, partial or absent, and every finding links to where it was found. Scores refresh continuously as cities publish new evidence.