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SN8

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Marlborough, 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 SN8 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 61% of people in SN8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£445,000
Joint 444th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
25,194
1,158th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
61%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
45.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How SN8 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

SN8Middle
Median sale price18 postcode districts, SN · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in SN18 areas from £249,000 to £445,000. The middle area is £322,500. SN8 is £445,000.
£445,000most expensive
Population19 postcode districts, SN · 2021
Population: every postcode district in SN19 areas from 595 to 54,152. The middle area is 27,872. SN8 is 25,194.
25,1949th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares19 postcode districts, SN · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in SN19 areas from 0.0% to 90.0%. The middle area is 24.0%. SN8 is 61.0%.
61%joint 5th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage19 postcode districts, SN · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in SN19 areas from 33.6% to 99.7%. The middle area is 81.2%. SN8 is 45.8%.
45.8%2nd lowest

Is SN8 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SN8 at a rate of 43.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 66.2 per 1,000 people across the SN postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 86 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SN8.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (342), anti-social behaviour (192) and other crime (187).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SN8 was 43.6 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 SN8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SN8 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 5 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 SN8

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Wiltshire 012A1,86534.5 per 1,00083.2%
Wiltshire 012B1,76124.3 per 1,000734.3%
Wiltshire 012C1,84435.5 per 1,000726.5%
Wiltshire 012D1,54036.2 per 1,00080.0%
Wiltshire 019A2,77143.9 per 1,000898.6%
Wiltshire 019B1,48650.3 per 1,000490.7%
Wiltshire 019C1,098179.4 per 1,000858.5%
Wiltshire 019D1,20514.7 per 1,0001099.1%
Wiltshire 019E2,56841.6 per 1,000879.3%
Wiltshire 024D1,70729.5 per 1,00056.6%
Wiltshire 029A1,79038.9 per 1,00067.6%
Wiltshire 029B1,93132.5 per 1,000766.4%
Wiltshire 029C1,63247.2 per 1,000510.7%
Wiltshire 029D1,96524.1 per 1,000617.0%

MPs for SN8

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 SN83

Postcode sectors in SN85

Council1

Towns in SN81

Postcode districts next to SN810

More in the SN postcode area2

SN8 in brief

SN8 is a postcode district covering Marlborough, in Wiltshire.

About 25,009 people lived in SN8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £445,000 in 2025 across 335 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 43.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in SN8 was £445,000 in 2025.

SN8 had 25,194 usual residents at the census.

About 61% of people in SN8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In SN8, 45.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.