SN12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Melksham and Bowerhill, 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 SN12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 11% of people in SN12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SN12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SN12 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SN12 at a rate of 62.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 66.2 per 1,000 people across the SN postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 182 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SN12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (756), anti-social behaviour (429) and other crime (266).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SN12 was 59.0 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 SN12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SN12 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 SN12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiltshire 020A | 2,227 | 60.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.5% |
| Wiltshire 020B | 1,328 | 79.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.4% |
| Wiltshire 020C | 1,553 | 51.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.8% |
| Wiltshire 020D | 1,408 | 43.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.7% |
| Wiltshire 020E | 1,298 | 17.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.4% |
| Wiltshire 021A | 1,293 | 20.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 0.0% |
| Wiltshire 021B | 1,558 | 24.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 16.2% |
| Wiltshire 021C | 1,228 | 20.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 0.4% |
| Wiltshire 021D | 1,837 | 99.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 63.6% |
| Wiltshire 021F | 1,901 | 25.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.0% |
| Wiltshire 021G | 1,466 | 29.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 68.1% |
| Wiltshire 021H | 1,463 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.1% |
| Wiltshire 021I | 1,701 | 47.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.8% |
| Wiltshire 022A | 1,913 | 194.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 79.3% |
| Wiltshire 022B | 1,656 | 57.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.1% |
| Wiltshire 022C | 1,426 | 108.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.4% |
| Wiltshire 022D | 1,384 | 133.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.5% |
| Wiltshire 022E | 1,225 | 28.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Wiltshire 028E | 1,509 | 31.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.0% |
Your MP
- Brian MathewLiberal DemocratMP for Melksham and Devizes
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 SN123
Postcode sectors in SN124
Council1
Towns in SN121
Postcode districts next to SN125
Nearest rail stations1
More in the SN postcode area2
SN12 in brief
SN12 is a postcode district covering Melksham and Bowerhill, in Wiltshire.
About 30,298 people lived in SN12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £300,000 in 2025 across 515 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 62.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SN12 was £300,000 in 2025.
SN12 had 28,636 usual residents at the census.
About 11% of people in SN12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SN12, 78.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.