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SN12 6QT

Bowerhill · Wiltshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Bowerhill
Local authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes
Postcode district
SN12
Postcode sector
SN12 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SN12 6SP 183 m
SN12 6SS 216 m
SN12 6TR 236 m
SN12 6TP 255 m
SN12 6TT 272 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SN12 6QT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1991
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SN
Postcode district
SN12
Postcode sector
SN12 6
Latitude
51.357550
Longitude
-2.133119
British National Grid easting
390,827
British National Grid northing
162,062

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Wiltshire · E06000054
Electoral ward
Bowerhill · E05013832
Parish or community
E04013042
Westminster constituency
Melksham and Devizes · E14001356
Output area
E00184284
Lower layer super output area
Wiltshire 021I · E01034530
Middle layer super output area
Wiltshire 021 · E02006679

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
13
Secondary
1

  1. Bowerhill Primary School

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    633 m

  2. Melksham Oak Community School

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    1.1 km

  3. Aloeric Primary School

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    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
677
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 315
  • Anti social behaviour 120
  • Public order 52
  • Criminal damage and arson 50
  • Drugs 29

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SN12 6 residents
10,283

Age bands in SN12 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

1,709 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

1,063 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.5%

2,353 residents

Age 45 to 64
30%

3,280 residents

Age 65 and over
23.1%

2,530 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • SPA MEDICAL CENTRE

    SNOWBERRY LANE, MELKSHAM, SN12 6UN

    ODS code J83046

    1.1 km

  • GIFFORDS PRIMARY CARE CTR

    SPA ROAD, MELKSHAM, SN12 7EA

    ODS code J83011

    1.2 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Kestrel Court

    BCT · Bowerhill

    0.2 miles

  • Kestrel Court

    BCT · Bowerhill

    0.2 miles

  • Lancaster Road

    BCT · Bowerhill

    0.3 miles

  • Lancaster Road

    BCT · Bowerhill

    0.3 miles

  • Beaufort Close

    BCT · Bowerhill

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wiltshire 021I, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

7 of 10

Overall England rank

23,269 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
9 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

15 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 1 secondary schools. Bowerhill Primary School is the nearest published school at 633 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

677 published events cover 12 months, averaging 56.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 315 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.