SP5 5NU

Cranborne Chase · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Salisbury
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset
Postcode district
SP5
Postcode sector
SP5 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SP5 5DG 99 m
SP5 5NT 118 m
SP5 5NY 158 m
SP5 5NZ 208 m
SP5 5PN 258 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SP5 5NU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SP
Postcode district
SP5
Postcode sector
SP5 5
Latitude
50.950339
Longitude
-2.001337
British National Grid easting
400,002
British National Grid northing
116,768

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Parish or community
E04012455
Westminster constituency
North Dorset · E14001388
Output area
E00103357
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 007D · E01020397
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 007 · E02004243

Postcode source versions

Explore SP5

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
127, Handley Green, Sixpenny Handley, Salisbury, SP5 5NU 16 June 2017 £410,000
124, Handley Green, Sixpenny Handley, Salisbury, SP5 5NU 14 November 2014 £356,000
125, Handley Green, Sixpenny Handley, Salisbury, SP5 5NU 8 February 2008 £322,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Sixpenny Handley First School and Nursery

    Academy converter

    714 m
  2. Sandroyd School

    Other independent school

    5.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
22
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 6
  • Violence and sexual offences 5
  • Other theft 3
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Public order 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
25

14 female, 11 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
3.1
SP5 5 residents
3,188

Age bands in SP5 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14%

412 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.4%

218 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.9%

467 residents

Age 45 to 64
33.9%

1,000 residents

Age 65 and over
28.8%

849 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SP5 5 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.

Nearby transport

  • Frogmore Lane

    BCT · Sixpenny Handley

    0.1 miles
  • Frogmore Lane

    BCT · Sixpenny Handley

    0.1 miles
  • Town Farm

    BCT · Sixpenny Handley

    0.2 miles
  • Town Farm

    BCT · Sixpenny Handley

    0.2 miles
  • The Roebuck Inn

    BCT · Sixpenny Handley

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 007D, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,851 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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
2
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

2 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Sixpenny Handley First School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 714 m.

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

Recorded crime

22 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 6 events.

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