SN7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Faringdon and Stanford in the Vale, in Vale of White Horse.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an SN7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SN7, 81.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SN7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SN7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SN7 at a rate of 57.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 66.2 per 1,000 people across the SN postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 74 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SN7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (384), other crime (175) and anti-social behaviour (129).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SN7 was 54.9 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in SN7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SN7 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SN7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vale of White Horse 007C | 2,382 | 28.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 76.9% |
| Vale of White Horse 009A | 2,425 | 82.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.9% |
| Vale of White Horse 009B | 1,553 | 79.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 55.8% |
| Vale of White Horse 009C | 1,469 | 104.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.5% |
| Vale of White Horse 009D | 1,608 | 18.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.0% |
| Vale of White Horse 009E | 2,635 | 52.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 74.2% |
| Vale of White Horse 016E | 2,557 | 42.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 75.1% |
| Vale of White Horse 016F | 2,351 | 56.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.9% |
MPs for SN7
- Charlie MaynardLiberal DemocratMP for Witney75% of SN7’s postcodes
- Olly GloverLiberal DemocratMP for Didcot and Wantage25% of SN7’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in SN71
Postcode sectors in SN73
Council1
Towns in SN71
Postcode districts next to SN77
More in the SN postcode area2
SN7 in brief
SN7 is a postcode district covering Faringdon and Stanford in the Vale, in Vale of White Horse.
About 16,590 people lived in SN7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £370,000 in 2025 across 333 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 57.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SN7 was £370,000 in 2025.
SN7 had 15,065 usual residents at the census.
In SN7, 81.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SN7, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.