Property market
The five-year median is £275,000 from 1,625 recorded sales in SP8. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Dorset is £325,410 in June 2026, up 1.6% year on year.
SP8
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 688
- Current units
- 568
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 2
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South West
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 120
Postcode sectors in SP8
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
11,362 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 5, Primrose Fields, East Stour, Gillingham, SP8 5JR | 28 July 2026 | £375,000 |
| 8, Trent Square, Gillingham, SP8 4FS | 24 July 2026 | £305,000 |
| 8, Yarrow Court, Gillingham, SP8 4XD | 24 July 2026 | £380,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 7
- Primary
- 6
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 584
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 205
- Anti social behaviour 131
- Criminal damage and arson 57
- Other theft 50
- Burglary 39
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- SP8 usual residents
- 14,386
- Age-profile population
- 14,427
Age bands in SP8
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 14.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 19.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 28.3%
2,120 residents
1,336 residents
2,764 residents
4,122 residents
4,085 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 562 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
515 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 427 had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, and 3 had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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
2
in this district
GILLINGHAM MEDICAL PRACTICE
BARN SURGERY, NEWBURY, GILLINGHAM, SP8 4XS
ODS code J81081
SILTON SURGERY
THE SURGERY, GILLINGHAM ROAD, SILTON, GILLINGHAM, SP8 5DF
ODS code J83629
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.
Evidence in context
Schools
7 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
584 published events cover 12 months, averaging 48.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 205 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.