SP9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Tidworth and Shipton Bellinger, in Wiltshire and Test Valley.
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 SP9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 80% of people in SP9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SP9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SP9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SP9 at a rate of 50.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 65.2 per 1,000 people across the SP postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 42 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SP9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (310), anti-social behaviour (123) and other crime (76).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SP9 was 60.5 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 SP9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SP9 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SP9
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test Valley 007C | 1,442 | 37.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 42.4% |
| Wiltshire 065D | 1,824 | 55.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.0% |
| Wiltshire 066A | 1,877 | 29.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.6% |
| Wiltshire 066B | 1,617 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.1% |
| Wiltshire 066C | 1,582 | 95.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 79.1% |
| Wiltshire 066D | 2,174 | 59.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.8% |
| Wiltshire 066E | 1,617 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.6% |
MPs for SP9
- Danny KrugerReform UKMP for East Wiltshire84% of SP9’s postcodes
- Caroline NokesConservativeMP for Romsey and Southampton North16% of SP9’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 SP91
Postcode sectors in SP91
Councils SP9 covers2
Towns in SP91
Postcode districts next to SP93
More in the SP postcode area2
SP9 in brief
SP9 is a postcode district covering Tidworth and Shipton Bellinger, in Wiltshire and Test Valley.
About 12,445 people lived in SP9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £270,000 in 2025 across 67 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 50.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SP9 was £270,000 in 2025.
SP9 had 12,135 usual residents at the census.
About 80% of people in SP9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SP9, 85.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.