SP8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Gillingham, Cold Harbour and Peacemarsh, in Dorset.
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 SP8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 58% of people in SP8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SP8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SP8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SP8 at a rate of 42.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 65.2 per 1,000 people across the SP postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 61 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SP8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (197), anti-social behaviour (164) and other crime (108).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SP8 was 40.4 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 SP8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SP8 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SP8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorset 001A | 2,412 | 106.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 80.8% |
| Dorset 001B | 1,732 | 34.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 65.5% |
| Dorset 001C | 1,640 | 21.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.6% |
| Dorset 001D | 1,531 | 39.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.8% |
| Dorset 002A | 1,996 | 34.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.6% |
| Dorset 002B | 2,265 | 20.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 79.1% |
| Dorset 002C | 1,852 | 18.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.5% |
| Dorset 002D | 1,706 | 29.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.6% |
Your MP
- Simon HoareConservativeMP for North Dorset
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 SP82
Postcode sectors in SP83
Council1
Towns in SP81
Postcode districts next to SP85
Nearest rail stations1
More in the SP postcode area2
SP8 in brief
SP8 is a postcode district covering Gillingham, Cold Harbour and Peacemarsh, in Dorset.
About 14,949 people lived in SP8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £285,000 in 2025 across 341 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 42.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SP8 was £285,000 in 2025.
SP8 had 14,422 usual residents at the census.
About 58% of people in SP8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SP8, 86.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.