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SP1

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Salisbury, Wyndham Park and Bishopdown, 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 SP1 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 91% of people in SP1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£315,000
Joint 994th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
22,954
1,283rd most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
91%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How SP1 compares

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

SP1Middle
Median sale price11 postcode districts, SP · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in SP11 areas from £270,000 to £470,000. The middle area is £315,000. SP1 is £315,000.
£315,0006th most expensive
Population11 postcode districts, SP · 2021
Population: every postcode district in SP11 areas from 11,440 to 40,093. The middle area is 22,954. SP1 is 22,954.
22,9546th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares11 postcode districts, SP · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in SP11 areas from 7.0% to 91.0%. The middle area is 43.0%. SP1 is 91.0%.
91%most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage11 postcode districts, SP · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in SP11 areas from 63.7% to 97.6%. The middle area is 85.4%. SP1 is 97.6%.
97.6%highest

Is SP1 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SP1 at a rate of 121.8 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 65.2 per 1,000 people across the SP postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 263 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SP1.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (871), anti-social behaviour (600) and other crime (528).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SP1 was 125.5 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 SP1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SP1 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in SP1

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Wiltshire 051A2,81434.9 per 1,000999.7%
Wiltshire 051B1,32274.0 per 1,000598.9%
Wiltshire 051C1,224100.9 per 1,0004100.0%
Wiltshire 051D1,50814.8 per 1,0001099.7%
Wiltshire 053A1,58352.3 per 1,0001099.6%
Wiltshire 053B1,432138.0 per 1,000598.3%
Wiltshire 053C1,47666.2 per 1,000999.8%
Wiltshire 056A1,892237.3 per 1,000396.3%
Wiltshire 056B1,29550.9 per 1,000594.5%
Wiltshire 056C1,32131.7 per 1,0008100.0%
Wiltshire 056D1,646117.8 per 1,000897.1%
Wiltshire 057C1,79238.2 per 1,00010100.0%
Wiltshire 057G1,13635.1 per 1,000793.6%
Wiltshire 058C1,745504.3 per 1,000594.0%
Wiltshire 059D1,820211.1 per 1,000294.9%

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Middle areas in SP13

Postcode sectors in SP13

Council1

Towns in SP11

Postcode districts next to SP13

Nearest rail stations1

More in the SP postcode area2

SP1 in brief

SP1 is a postcode district covering Salisbury, Wyndham Park and Bishopdown, in Wiltshire.

About 23,127 people lived in SP1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £315,000 in 2025 across 372 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 121.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in SP1 was £315,000 in 2025.

SP1 had 22,954 usual residents at the census.

About 91% of people in SP1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In SP1, 97.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.