SP7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Shaftesbury, in Dorset and 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 SP7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SP7, 86.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SP7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SP7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SP7 at a rate of 60.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 65.2 per 1,000 people across the SP postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 87 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SP7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (315), anti-social behaviour (214) and other crime (143).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SP7 was 62.0 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 SP7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SP7 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SP7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorset 002E | 1,366 | 17.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.8% |
| Dorset 003A | 2,014 | 130.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.1% |
| Dorset 003B | 1,819 | 75.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.3% |
| Dorset 003C | 1,597 | 28.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.3% |
| Dorset 003D | 2,184 | 51.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.1% |
| Dorset 003E | 1,546 | 67.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.8% |
| Dorset 006D | 2,357 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.9% |
| Wiltshire 061A | 2,006 | 40.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 51.0% |
MPs for SP7
- Simon HoareConservativeMP for North Dorset76% of SP7’s postcodes
- John GlenConservativeMP for Salisbury24% of SP7’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 SP71
Postcode sectors in SP74
Councils SP7 covers2
Towns in SP71
Postcode districts next to SP76
More in the SP postcode area2
SP7 in brief
SP7 is a postcode district covering Shaftesbury, in Dorset and Wiltshire.
About 15,669 people lived in SP7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £295,000 in 2025 across 287 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 60.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SP7 was £295,000 in 2025.
SP7 had 15,347 usual residents at the census.
In SP7, 86.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SP7, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.