SP1 postcode area guide — Wiltshire
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the SP1 postcode district in Wiltshire — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in SP1
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
98.7%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
95.8%
Gigabit-capable
95.8%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the SP1 postcode district (Wiltshire) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 665 postcodes Ofcom measures in SP1, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 98.7% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 95.8%.
Around 0% of premises in SP1 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in SP1
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| SP1 1AB | 100% | 0% |
| SP1 1AD | 100% | 100% |
| SP1 1AF | 100% | 0% |
| SP1 1AG | 40% | 40% |
| SP1 1AH | 100% | 14.3% |
| SP1 1AJ | 100% | 0% |
| SP1 1AL | 100% | 100% |
| SP1 1BA | 100% | 62.5% |
| SP1 1BB | 100% | 100% |
| SP1 1BD | 100% | 82.1% |
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Mobile signal around Wiltshire
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Wiltshire district (242,195 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
81.6%
4G outdoors — all networks
98.4%
5G outdoors — all networks
20.2%
Voice indoors — all networks
88.1%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in SP1
Police recorded 253 incidents within about a mile of the centre of SP1 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 78 | 30.8% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 47 | 18.6% |
| Shoplifting | 44 | 17.4% |
| Public order | 25 | 9.9% |
| Other theft | 20 | 7.9% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 16 | 6.3% |
| Burglary | 6 | 2.4% |
| Other crime | 6 | 2.4% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in SP1
Based on 284 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in SP1 is £315,000, up 4.3% on the previous year (£302,000).
Detached
£515,000
55 sales
Semi-detached
£342,500
54 sales
Terraced
£310,000
95 sales
Flat / maisonette
£175,000
72 sales
Latest recorded sales in SP1
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 May 2026 | £200,000 | Flat | Milford Street | SP1 2BP |
| 22 May 2026 | £515,000 | Detached | Myrrfield Road | SP1 3FQ |
| 19 May 2026 | £200,000 | Semi-detached | Tollgate Road | SP1 2JP |
| 11 May 2026 | £750,000 | Semi-detached | Howarth Park | SP1 2QW |
| 7 May 2026 | £170,000 | Flat | Elm Grove Road | SP1 1JN |
| 7 May 2026 | £285,000 | Terraced | St Marks Road | SP1 3AZ |
| 7 May 2026 | £572,500 | Detached | Ash Crescent | SP1 3GY |
| 1 May 2026 | £340,000 | Semi-detached | Fairfield Road | SP1 3NY |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £625,000 | Detached | Potters Way | SP1 1PX |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £484,000 | Detached | William Close | SP1 1QQ |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Wiltshire demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Wiltshire district (510,333 residents, 215,081 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17.9% |
| 15–29 | 20.7% |
| 30–44 | 18.3% |
| 45–64 | 21.3% |
| 65+ | 21.9% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 66.8% |
| Private rented | 17.5% |
| Social rented | 10.9% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around SP1
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyvern St Edmund's Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,337 | SP1 1RE |
| South Wilts Grammar School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,200 | SP1 3JJ |
| Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,193 | SP1 2ED |
| St Joseph's Catholic School | Secondary | 11–16 | 565 | SP1 1QY |
| Salisbury Sixth Form College | 16 plus | 16–19 | 451 | SP1 2JJ |
| Greentrees Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 425 | SP1 3GZ |
| St Mark's CofE Junior School, Salisbury | Primary | 7–11 | 346 | SP1 3BL |
| Godolphin School | Not applicable | 3–19 | 255 | SP1 2RA |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in SP1
232 rated food businesses operate in SP1. 165 hold the top rating of 5, 34 are rated 4, and 3 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Alabare Drop in Service, Aldi Stores Ltd, Allwyn's Kitchen, Aroma Avenue, Avon Brewery.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in SP1
From a sample of 187 Energy Performance Certificates across 9 SP1 postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band C). 69% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
5%
Band C
64%
Band D
20%
Band E
9%
Band F
2%
Band G
1%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Wiltshire
Landlines around SP1 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.