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SP7 8NN

Shaftesbury Town · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Shaftesbury Town
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset
Postcode district
SP7
Postcode sector
SP7 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SP7 8HU 6 m
SP7 8ER 23 m
SP7 8NF 78 m
SP7 8EP 87 m
SP7 8DH 115 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SP7 8NN
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 2014
Postcode area
SP
Postcode district
SP7
Postcode sector
SP7 8
Latitude
51.004156
Longitude
-2.190109
British National Grid easting
386,757
British National Grid northing
122,770

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
Shaftesbury Town · E05012714
Parish or community
E04003434
Westminster constituency
North Dorset · E14001388
Output area
E00103682
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 003E · E01034375
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 003 · E02004257

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
5
Secondary
1

  1. Shaftesbury School

    Academy converter

    241 m

  2. Shaftesbury Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    862 m

  3. The Abbey CofE VA Primary School, Shaftesbury

    Voluntary aided school

    893 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
640
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 215
  • Anti social behaviour 127
  • Shoplifting 73
  • Criminal damage and arson 59
  • Other theft 38

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SP7 8 residents
8,950

Age bands in SP7 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.1%

1,533 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

918 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.9%

2,135 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.5%

2,280 residents

Age 65 and over
23.2%

2,078 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.

Nearby transport

  • Health Centre

    BCT · St James

    0.1 miles

  • Health Centre

    BCT · St James

    0.1 miles

  • Chubbs House

    BCT · Shaftesbury

    0.1 miles

  • Health Centre

    BCT · St James

    0.1 miles

  • Chubbs House

    BCT · Shaftesbury

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 003E, 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

27,398 of 33,755

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

8 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Shaftesbury School is the nearest published school at 241 m.

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

Recorded crime

640 published events cover 12 months, averaging 53.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 215 events.

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