SN12 8JE

Melksham Without North & Shurnhold · Wiltshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Wiltshire
Postcode district
SN12
Postcode sector
SN12 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SN12 8HA 56 m
SN12 8EZ 66 m
SN12 8HB 129 m
SN12 8HD 332 m
SN12 8HE 366 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SN12 8JE
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 April 1985
Terminated
1 December 1992
Postcode area
SN
Postcode district
SN12
Postcode sector
SN12 8
Latitude
51.390203
Longitude
-2.178155
British National Grid easting
387,700
British National Grid northing
165,700

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Wiltshire · E06000054
Parish or community
E04013042
Westminster constituency
Melksham and Devizes · E14001356
Output area
E00184172
Lower layer super output area
Wiltshire 021B · E01032044
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
16
Primary
12
Secondary
1
  1. Shaw CE Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km
  2. Churchfields, the Village School

    Academy converter

    1.7 km
  3. St Mary's Broughton Gifford Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
45
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 21
  • Other theft 5
  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Burglary 4
  • Other crime 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SN12 8 residents
6,416

Age bands in SN12 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.4%

1,063 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

648 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.9%

1,421 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.5%

1,715 residents

Age 65 and over
25.2%

1,635 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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • GIFFORDS PRIMARY CARE CTR

    SPA ROAD, MELKSHAM, SN12 7EA

    ODS code J83011

    4.1 km

  • SPA MEDICAL CENTRE

    SNOWBERRY LANE, MELKSHAM, SN12 6UN

    ODS code J83046

    4.5 km

  • PORCH SURGERY

    BEECHFIELD ROAD, CORSHAM, SN13 9DL

    ODS code J83010

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Lowden Garden Centre

    BCT · Atworth

    0.1 miles
  • Lowden Garden Centre

    BCT · Atworth

    0.1 miles
  • Beltane Place

    BCT · Whitley

    0.3 miles
  • Mount Pleasant

    BCT · Atworth

    0.4 miles
  • Beltane Place

    BCT · Whitley

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wiltshire 021B, 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

23,370 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
7 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

16 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 1 secondary schools. Shaw CE Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

45 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 21 events.

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