# SP7 Postcode district covering Shaftesbury, in Dorset and Wiltshire. SP7 is a postcode district covering Shaftesbury, in Dorset and Wiltshire. Median sale price £295,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 60.2 per 1,000 people. Postcode district. Code SP7. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [SP](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp) 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 SP7 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population) ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £295,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SP7 was £295,000 in 2025. Joint 1,116th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp7#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 15,347** (2021). SP7 had 15,347 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,023rd least populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp7#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 83%** (2022). About 83% of people in SP7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp7#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 86.9%** (January 2026). In SP7, 86.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp7#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=SP7) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 83% of people in SP7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=SP7) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 287 homes were sold in SP7 in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=SP7) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for SP7. - [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=SP7) (Census 2021, England and Wales): SP7 had 15,347 usual residents at the census. ## How SP7 compares Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers. | Measure | SP7 | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £295,000 | 4th cheapest | 11 postcode districts, SP · 2025 | | Population | 15,347 | 5th least populated | 11 postcode districts, SP · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 83% | 2nd most people in radon Affected Areas | 11 postcode districts, SP · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 86.9% | 4th highest | 11 postcode districts, SP · Jan 2026 | ## Is SP7 safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SP7 at a rate of 60.2 per 1,000 people. That compares with 65.2 per 1,000 people across the SP postcode area. In August 2026 alone, 87 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SP7. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (315), anti-social behaviour (214) and other crime (143). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SP7 was 62.0 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 SP7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SP7 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in SP7 | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Dorset 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01033158) | 1,366 | 17.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.8% | | [Dorset 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020454) | 2,014 | 130.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.1% | | [Dorset 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020456) | 1,819 | 75.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.3% | | [Dorset 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020457) | 1,597 | 28.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.3% | | [Dorset 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01034374) | 2,184 | 51.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.1% | | [Dorset 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01034375) | 1,546 | 67.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.8% | | [Dorset 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020460) | 2,357 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.9% | | [Wiltshire 061A](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01031991) | 2,006 | 40.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 51.0% | ## Your MP - [North Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-dorset): Simon Hoare (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 76% of the people here. - [Salisbury](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/salisbury): John Glen (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 24% of the people here. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Middle areas in SP7 [Shaftesbury](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/shaftesbury) ## Postcode sectors in SP7 [SP7 0 (175 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp7-0), [SP7 7 (6 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp7-7), [SP7 8 (271 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp7-8), [SP7 9 (186 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp7-9) ## Councils SP7 covers [Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset), [Wiltshire](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire) ## Towns in SP7 [Shaftesbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/shaftesbury) ## Postcode districts next to SP7 [BA12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba12), [DT10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dt10), [DT11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dt11), [SP3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp3), [SP5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp5), [SP8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp8) ## More in the SP postcode area [All SP postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) ## SP7 in brief SP7 is a postcode district covering Shaftesbury, in Dorset and Wiltshire. About 15,669 people lived in SP7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £295,000 in 2025 across 287 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 60.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in SP7 was £295,000 in 2025. SP7 had 15,347 usual residents at the census. About 83% of people in SP7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In SP7, 86.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Postcode district - Code: SP7 - Postcode area: [SP](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp) - Constituency: [North Dorset †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-dorset) - Council: [Dorset †](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset) - Area: 125 km² - People, mid-2024: 15,669* - Neighbourhoods: 8 - Output areas: 51 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [SP8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp8), [SP3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp3), [SP5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp5), [DT11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dt11), [DT10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dt10), [BA12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba12) ## Latest updates for SP7 - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/SP7 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp7, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp7#f-house-sales-median-price. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp7