SP5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Wiltshire, in Wiltshire.
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 SP5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SP5, 65.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SP5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SP5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SP5 at a rate of 38.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 65.2 per 1,000 people across the SP postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 73 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SP5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (308), other crime (164) and criminal damage and arson (152).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SP5 was 42.0 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 SP5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SP5 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SP5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorset 007D | 1,419 | 21.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.9% |
| Wiltshire 054A | 1,952 | 49.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 50.0% |
| Wiltshire 057A | 2,161 | 89.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 61.1% |
| Wiltshire 060A | 1,643 | 40.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.4% |
| Wiltshire 060B | 1,200 | 25.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.1% |
| Wiltshire 060C | 1,549 | 31.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 9.9% |
| Wiltshire 060D | 1,943 | 29.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 70.1% |
| Wiltshire 060E | 1,710 | 29.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 73.9% |
| Wiltshire 062A | 1,862 | 48.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 14.5% |
| Wiltshire 062B | 1,462 | 10.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 57.6% |
| Wiltshire 062C | 1,424 | 36.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.7% |
| Wiltshire 062D | 1,320 | 25.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 79.9% |
| Wiltshire 062E | 1,875 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.1% |
MPs for SP5
- John GlenConservativeMP for Salisbury86% of SP5’s postcodes
- Simon HoareConservativeMP for North Dorset7.1% of SP5’s postcodes
- Caroline NokesConservativeMP for Romsey and Southampton North6.7% of SP5’s postcodes
- Sir Desmond SwayneConservativeMP for New Forest West0.2% of SP5’s postcodes
- Sir Julian LewisConservativeMP for New Forest East0.1% of SP5’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 SP52
Postcode sectors in SP55
Council1
Postcode districts next to SP511
Nearest rail stations1
More in the SP postcode area2
SP5 in brief
SP5 is a postcode district covering Wiltshire, in Wiltshire.
About 23,207 people lived in SP5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £470,000 in 2025 across 290 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 38.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SP5 was £470,000 in 2025.
SP5 had 23,039 usual residents at the census.
In SP5, 65.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SP5, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.