Devizes
Devizes is covered by postcode district SN10. It is in the Wiltshire council area, England.
Every postcode in Devizes, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 23
- In use before 2020: 590
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 613 postcodes in Devizes that ONS places, 23 are new since 2020 and 590 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.3519, longitude -1.9873. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SN10 9EZ, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Devizes?
Homes sold for a typical £298,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 10.4% on the 12 months before. At 359 of the 586 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 613 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 6 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Melksham, 11.3 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Devizes?
Homes in Devizes sold for a typical £298,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 277 sales, up 10.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £425,750 80 sales
- Semi-detached £297,475 68 sales
- Terraced £240,000 91 sales
- Flat or maisonette £141,500 38 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole SN10 district, Devizes's main postcode district: a typical £315,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Devizes: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Devizes?
23 of the 613 postcodes now in use in Devizes came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 338 homes sold in Devizes were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SN10 district, 4%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Devizes | Across the SN10 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 277 (0%) | 11 of 413 (3%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 338 (0%) | 23 of 538 (4%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Devizes?
Ofcom reports on 586 of the 613 postcodes in Devizes. At 359 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Devizes at risk of flooding?
None of the 613 postcodes in Devizes is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Devizes?
The open schools at the postcodes in Devizes. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Southbroom Infants' School300 m 71 pupils, 210 places
- Southbroom St James Academy700 m 108 pupils, 240 places
- The Trinity Church of England Primary Academy750 m 192 pupils, 210 places
- Nursteed Community Primary School1.1 km 182 pupils, 210 places
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes1.1 km 165 pupils, 210 places
- Wansdyke School1.2 km 237 pupils, 210 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Devizes?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Devizes is Melksham Rail Station, 11.3 km away in a straight line.
- Melksham Rail Station Railway station 11.3 kmDrive
- Pewsey Rail Station Railway station 15.1 kmDrive
- Chippenham Rail Station Railway station 15.2 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Devizes?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Devizes. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Southbroom Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01380 719959 150 mWalk
- St. James Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01380 711879 200 mWalk
- Lansdowne Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2026 · Phone 01380 722278 1.1 kmWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Devizes safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,632 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Devizes over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 111 September 2025
- 116 October 2025
- 134 November 2025
- 122 December 2025
- 149 January 2026
- 117 February 2026
- 148 March 2026
- 127 April 2026
- 134 May 2026
- 170 June 2026
- 158 July 2026
- 146 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 23, possession of weapons 14, vehicle crime 11, theft from the person 6, robbery 6, bicycle theft 4.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Devizes?
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Melksham and Devizes
- Police force area
- Wiltshire
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Brian Mathew (Liberal Democrat)
All 613 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Devizes
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Wiltshire about council tax Council tax, on wiltshire.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Devizes
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Devizes postcodes
613 postcodes in use in Devizes, by district:
That district is in the SN postcode area.
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Places near Devizes
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Devizes's £298,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Devizes
- What is it like to live in Devizes?
- Homes sold for a typical £298,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 10.4% on the 12 months before. At 359 of the 586 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 613 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 6 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Melksham, 11.3 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Devizes?
- Devizes is covered by postcode district SN10, across 613 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Devizes in?
- Devizes is in the Wiltshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Devizes?
- Devizes is in the Melksham and Devizes parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Brian Mathew (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Devizes?
- Homes in Devizes sold for a typical £298,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 277 sales, up 10.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Devizes?
- In Devizes, primary schools at its postcodes include Southbroom Infants' School, Southbroom St James Academy and The Trinity Church of England Primary Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include Devizes School and Downland School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Devizes have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Devizes is Melksham, 11.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Devizes?
- Ofcom reports on 586 of the 613 postcodes in Devizes. At 359 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Devizes at risk of flooding?
- None of the 613 postcodes in Devizes is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Devizes?
- 23 of the 613 postcodes now in use in Devizes came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 338 homes sold in Devizes were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SN10 district, 4%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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