SP2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Salisbury, St Paul's and Harnham, 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 SP2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 29% of people in SP2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SP2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SP2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SP2 at a rate of 73.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 65.2 per 1,000 people across the SP postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 209 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SP2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (876), anti-social behaviour (465) and other crime (409).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SP2 was 68.2 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 SP2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SP2 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SP2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiltshire 049A | 2,031 | 34.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.5% |
| Wiltshire 052A | 2,685 | 58.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.3% |
| Wiltshire 052B | 1,576 | 141.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| Wiltshire 052C | 1,417 | 56.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Wiltshire 052D | 1,945 | 97.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| Wiltshire 053D | 1,398 | 46.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Wiltshire 054D | 1,322 | 25.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 80.8% |
| Wiltshire 054E | 2,113 | 71.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 81.1% |
| Wiltshire 054F | 1,402 | 77.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.1% |
| Wiltshire 055A | 1,471 | 72.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| Wiltshire 055B | 1,317 | 78.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.2% |
| Wiltshire 055C | 1,773 | 169.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.8% |
| Wiltshire 055D | 2,345 | 100.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Wiltshire 058A | 1,496 | 80.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Wiltshire 058B | 1,797 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| Wiltshire 059A | 1,300 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| Wiltshire 059B | 1,213 | 30.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| Wiltshire 059C | 1,715 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.2% |
MPs for SP2
- John GlenConservativeMP for Salisbury94% of SP2’s postcodes
- Danny KrugerReform UKMP for East Wiltshire5.6% of SP2’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 SP25
Postcode sectors in SP25
Council1
Towns in SP21
Postcode districts next to SP24
Nearest rail stations1
More in the SP postcode area2
SP2 in brief
SP2 is a postcode district covering Salisbury, St Paul's and Harnham, in Wiltshire.
About 31,811 people lived in SP2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £310,000 in 2025 across 498 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 73.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SP2 was £310,000 in 2025.
SP2 had 30,476 usual residents at the census.
About 29% of people in SP2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SP2, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.