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SP4

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Amesbury and Bulford, 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 SP4 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 24% of people in SP4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£330,000
Joint 898th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
38,685
500th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
24%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
81.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How SP4 compares

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

SP4Middle
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. SP4 is £330,000.
£330,0005th 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. SP4 is 38,685.
38,6852nd 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%. SP4 is 24.0%.
24%4th fewest 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%. SP4 is 81.5%.
81.5%5th lowest

Is SP4 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SP4 at a rate of 51.7 per 1,000 people.

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

In August 2026 alone, 185 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SP4.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (916), anti-social behaviour (387) and other crime (368).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SP4 was 53.3 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 SP4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SP4 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods

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

Neighbourhoods in SP4

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Wiltshire 038B1,78445.3 per 1,000514.1%
Wiltshire 045B2,78626.0 per 1,000969.8%
Wiltshire 045F2,30381.9 per 1,000649.7%
Wiltshire 045G1,92014.9 per 1,000999.1%
Wiltshire 045H1,34246.1 per 1,000899.4%
Wiltshire 046A2,11750.0 per 1,000894.7%
Wiltshire 046B1,43735.2 per 1,000598.7%
Wiltshire 046C1,35068.5 per 1,000997.7%
Wiltshire 046D2,39836.1 per 1,000894.1%
Wiltshire 048A1,31248.5 per 1,000682.6%
Wiltshire 048B1,23679.3 per 1,000399.6%
Wiltshire 048C2,39544.5 per 1,000797.3%
Wiltshire 048E1,61265.5 per 1,000693.3%
Wiltshire 048F2,073105.6 per 1,000766.6%
Wiltshire 048G1,55298.4 per 1,000788.7%
Wiltshire 048H1,31177.5 per 1,000787.9%
Wiltshire 048I1,50456.8 per 1,000799.9%
Wiltshire 049B1,53113.1 per 1,000973.7%
Wiltshire 049C1,37537.0 per 1,000821.3%
Wiltshire 049D1,45536.3 per 1,000942.5%
Wiltshire 057D1,36783.7 per 1,000599.2%
Wiltshire 057E1,55732.4 per 1,000999.4%
Wiltshire 057F1,48582.0 per 1,000491.8%

MPs for SP4

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 SP45

Postcode sectors in SP47

Council1

Towns in SP41

Postcode districts next to SP49

More in the SP postcode area2

SP4 in brief

SP4 is a postcode district covering Amesbury and Bulford, in Wiltshire.

About 41,106 people lived in SP4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £330,000 in 2025 across 421 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 51.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in SP4 was £330,000 in 2025.

SP4 had 38,685 usual residents at the census.

About 24% of people in SP4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In SP4, 81.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.