SP5 3HS

Downton & Ebble Valley · Wiltshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SP5 3HG 90 m
SP5 3HX 101 m
SP5 3JJ 110 m
SP5 3HH 116 m
SP5 3HY 116 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SP5 3HS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1992
Terminated
1 September 2006
Postcode area
SP
Postcode district
SP5
Postcode sector
SP5 3
Latitude
50.993933
Longitude
-1.756896
British National Grid easting
417,157
British National Grid northing
121,644

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
E00163161
Lower layer super output area
Wiltshire 062E · E01031995
Middle layer super output area
Wiltshire 062 · E02006677

Postcode source versions

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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

    279 m
  2. The Trafalgar School at Downton

    Academy converter

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

    Academy converter

    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
127
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 32
  • Violence and sexual offences 31
  • Anti social behaviour 21
  • Vehicle crime 13
  • Public order 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • DOWNTON SURGERY

    MOOT LANE, DOWNTON, SALISBURY, SP5 3JP

    ODS code J83043

    1.1 km

Nearby transport

  • The Bull

    BCT · Downton

    0.1 miles
  • The Bull

    BCT · Downton

    0.1 miles
  • Industrial Estate

    BCT · Downton

    0.2 miles
  • Co-op

    BCT · Downton

    0.2 miles
  • Co-op

    BCT · Downton

    0.2 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.

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 279 m.

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

Recorded crime

127 published events cover 12 months, averaging 10.583 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.