SP5 3FR

Downton & Ebble Valley · Wiltshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Salisbury
Local authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Salisbury
Postcode district
SP5
Postcode sector
SP5 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SP5 3FN 37 m
SP5 3FQ 42 m
SP5 3FS 56 m
SP5 3HZ 98 m
SP5 3JJ 122 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SP5 3FR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2017
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SP
Postcode district
SP5
Postcode sector
SP5 3
Latitude
50.994658
Longitude
-1.759842
British National Grid easting
416,950
British National Grid northing
121,724

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Wiltshire · E06000054
Parish or community
E04011700
Westminster constituency
Salisbury · E14001460
Output area
E00163160
Lower layer super output area
Wiltshire 062E · E01031995
Middle layer super output area
Wiltshire 062 · E02006677

Postcode source versions

Explore SP5

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, Haydon Close, Downton, Salisbury, SP5 3FR 26 August 2020 £320,000
3, Haydon Close, Downton, Salisbury, SP5 3FR 30 June 2017 £317,995
2, Haydon Close, Downton, Salisbury, SP5 3FR 30 June 2017 £254,995

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
4
Secondary
1
  1. Downton CofE VA Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    500 m
  2. The Trafalgar School at Downton

    Academy converter

    533 m
  3. Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
123
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 32
  • Violence and sexual offences 29
  • Anti social behaviour 21
  • Vehicle crime 11
  • Public order 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

4 female, 2 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.0
SP5 3 residents
6,237

Age bands in SP5 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.3%

980 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.2%

522 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.9%

1,335 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.3%

1,875 residents

Age 65 and over
26.4%

1,690 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SP5 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • DOWNTON SURGERY

    MOOT LANE, DOWNTON, SALISBURY, SP5 3JP

    ODS code J83043

    1.3 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

  • Industrial Estate

    BCT · Downton

    0.1 miles
  • The Bull

    BCT · Downton

    0.1 miles
  • The Bull

    BCT · Downton

    0.2 miles
  • Industrial Estate

    BCT · Downton

    0.2 miles
  • Co-op

    BCT · Downton

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wiltshire 062E, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,227 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
5 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
Possible

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

5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Downton CofE VA Primary School is the nearest published school at 500 m.

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

Recorded crime

123 published events cover 12 months, averaging 10.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 32 events.

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