# SP9 Postcode district covering Tidworth and Shipton Bellinger, in Wiltshire and Test Valley. SP9 is a postcode district covering Tidworth and Shipton Bellinger, in Wiltshire and Test Valley. Median sale price £270,000 in 2025. Postcode district. Code SP9. 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 SP9 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population) ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £270,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SP9 was £270,000 in 2025. Joint 895th cheapest 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/sp9#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 12,135** (2021). SP9 had 12,135 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 850th 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/sp9#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 80%** (2022). About 80% of people in SP9 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/sp9#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 85.4%** (January 2026). In SP9, 85.4% 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/sp9#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=SP9) (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. - [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=SP9) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 67 homes were sold in SP9 in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=SP9) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for SP9. - [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=SP9) (Census 2021, England and Wales): SP9 had 12,135 usual residents at the census. ## How SP9 compares Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers. | Measure | SP9 | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £270,000 | cheapest | 11 postcode districts, SP · 2025 | | Population | 12,135 | 2nd least populated | 11 postcode districts, SP · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 80% | 3rd most people in radon Affected Areas | 11 postcode districts, SP · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 85.4% | 6th highest | 11 postcode districts, SP · Jan 2026 | ## 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 Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in SP9 | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Test Valley 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/test-valley/neighbourhood/e01023197) | 1,442 | 37.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 42.4% | | [Wiltshire 065D](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01034554) | 1,824 | 55.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.0% | | [Wiltshire 066A](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01031879) | 1,877 | 29.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.6% | | [Wiltshire 066B](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01034556) | 1,617 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.1% | | [Wiltshire 066C](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032697) | 1,582 | 95.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 79.1% | | [Wiltshire 066D](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01034557) | 2,174 | 59.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.8% | | [Wiltshire 066E](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01034558) | 1,617 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.6% | ## Your MP - [East Wiltshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/east-wiltshire): Danny Kruger (Reform UK), MP since July 2024. 84% of the people here. - [Romsey and Southampton North](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/romsey-and-southampton-north): Caroline Nokes (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 16% 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 SP9 [Tidworth](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/tidworth) ## Postcode sectors in SP9 [SP9 7 (273 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp9-7) ## Councils SP9 covers [Wiltshire](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire), [Test Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/test-valley) ## Towns in SP9 [Tidworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tidworth) ## Postcode districts next to SP9 [SN8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn8), [SP4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp4), [SP11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp11) ## 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) ## 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. ## About - Type: Postcode district - Code: SP9 - Postcode area: [SP](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp) - Constituency: [East Wiltshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/east-wiltshire) - Council: [Wiltshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire) - Area: 28.65 km² - People, mid-2024: 12,445* - Neighbourhoods: 7 - Output areas: 34 * 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 [SP11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp11), [SP4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp4), [SN8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn8) ## Latest updates for SP9 - 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/SP9 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp9, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp9#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 2026.10.11. 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