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SN12 9BD

Melksham South · Wiltshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Melksham South
Local authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes
Postcode district
SN12
Postcode sector
SN12 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SN12 6LU 0 m
SN12 6ZZ 0 m
SN12 7SY 0 m
SN12 9AP 0 m
SN12 9AW 0 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SN12 9BD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2016
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SN
Postcode district
SN12
Postcode sector
SN12 9
Latitude
51.372918
Longitude
-2.139959
British National Grid easting
390,354
British National Grid northing
163,772

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Wiltshire · E06000054
Electoral ward
Melksham South · E05016254
Parish or community
E04013041
Westminster constituency
Melksham and Devizes · E14001356
Output area
E00163556
Lower layer super output area
Wiltshire 022C · E01032067
Middle layer super output area
Wiltshire 022 · E02006680

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
12
Secondary
1

  1. Melksham House School

    Other independent special school

    218 m

  2. The Manor CofE VC Primary School

    Academy converter

    377 m

  3. Aloeric Primary School

    Academy converter

    465 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,272
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 523
  • Anti social behaviour 258
  • Criminal damage and arson 105
  • Public order 97
  • Shoplifting 77

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
Postcode sector residents
Not available

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 not available.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • GIFFORDS PRIMARY CARE CTR

    SPA ROAD, MELKSHAM, SN12 7EA

    ODS code J83011

    850 m

  • SPA MEDICAL CENTRE

    SNOWBERRY LANE, MELKSHAM, SN12 6UN

    ODS code J83046

    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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Market Place

    BCT · Melksham

    0.1 miles

  • Market Place

    BCT · Melksham

    0.1 miles

  • Buds Bar

    BCT · Melksham

    0.1 miles

  • Bud's Bar

    BCT · Melksham

    0.1 miles

  • Sainsbury

    BCT · Melksham

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wiltshire 022C, 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

22,839 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
6 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

14 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 1 secondary schools. Melksham House School is the nearest published school at 218 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,272 published events cover 12 months, averaging 106 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 523 events.

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