SN16
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Malmesbury, 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 SN16 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SN16, 67.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SN16 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SN16 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SN16 at a rate of 36.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 66.2 per 1,000 people across SN.
In August 2026 alone, 55 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SN16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (200), other crime (118) and anti-social behaviour (91).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SN16 was 34.6 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 SN16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SN16 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SN16
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiltshire 002A | 1,724 | 42.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 70.8% |
| Wiltshire 002B | 1,655 | 49.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 72.5% |
| Wiltshire 002C | 2,671 | 31.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.8% |
| Wiltshire 002D | 1,830 | 75.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 49.9% |
| Wiltshire 004A | 1,421 | 20.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.3% |
| Wiltshire 004D | 1,585 | 19.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.9% |
| Wiltshire 005B | 1,393 | 22.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 44.4% |
| Wiltshire 005C | 1,901 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 68.0% |
MPs for SN16
- Dr Roz SavageLiberal DemocratMP for South Cotswolds99% of SN16’s postcodes
- Sarah GibsonLiberal DemocratMP for Chippenham1.3% of SN16’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 SN161
Postcode sectors in SN163
Council1
Postcode districts next to SN167
More in the SN postcode area2
SN16 in brief
SN16 is a postcode district covering Malmesbury, in Wiltshire.
About 15,273 people lived in SN16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £400,000 in 2025 across 262 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 36.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SN16 was £400,000 in 2025.
SN16 had 14,902 usual residents at the census.
In SN16, 67.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SN16, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.