Melksham Forest Area Guide | £262k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha

Melksham Forest

WARD
Avg IMD
Most deprived 40–50%
Population
6,404
Households
2,757
Crimes · Aug '26
48
2,757
Households
White Brit. · 92%
Ethnicity
No religion · 47%
Religion
Most deprived 40–50%
Avg IMD
48
Crimes · Aug '26
£262,000
Median property price · Sep 2025–Aug 2026 · 69 sales
128
Postcodes
2,757
Households
White Brit. · 92%
Ethnicity
No religion · 47%
Religion
Most deprived 40–50%
Avg IMD
48
Crimes · Aug '26
£262,000
Median property price · Sep 2025–Aug 2026 · 69 sales
128
Postcodes

Sold prices in Melksham Forest

England & Wales
Property sales · Melksham Forest
HM Land Registry · Melksham Forest
Average price
£273,112
Median price: £262,000
Median +2.6% vs prior 12 months
All property types · Sep 2025–Aug 2026 · 69 sales
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Sep '25 – Aug '26Aug '26: 1 sales · avg £350,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£350k£296k£241k
Sep '25Dec '25Mar '26Jun '26Aug '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Melksham Forest

England & Wales
Crime trends · Melksham Forest

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearSep '24 – Aug '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
18
YoY +29%
19113
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
ASB
8
YoY —
1382
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Vehicle Crime
2
YoY —
210
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Burglary
2
YoY —
320
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Criminal damage
4
YoY —
840
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26

0 of 5 key categories improving · violent crime rising

48
incidents · Aug '26

Demographics in Melksham Forest

Ethnicity

Total residents: 6,401
White Brit.91.8%
Other White2.7%
White & Black Caribbean1.1%
+ other · 4.4%

Religion

Total residents: 6,396
No religion47.5%
Christian44.6%
Not answered6.0%
+ other · 1.9%

Age groups

Total residents: 6,404
50–6420.2%
35–4917.2%
25–3411.9%
65–7411.5%
75–848.2%
+ 6 other age groups · 31.0%

Households

Total households: 2,757
One person: other16.4%
One person: aged 66+16.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children11.6%
All members 66+10.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children10.5%
+ 8 other households · 34.6%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Melksham Forest

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Most deprived 40–50%
Mean decile 4.84 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Most deprived 40–50% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 4.84 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Melksham Forest

High flood risk in part of this area

2 of 9 sampled points in Zone 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 3 is land with a 1 in 100 (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Fluvial Models

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

Amenities in Melksham Forest

GPs make up most of the mapped places

77 GPs · 36 Museums · 29 Libraries · 151 in all

  • GPs77
  • Museums36
  • Libraries29
  • Hospitals9

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

School applications

We've matched this area to Wiltshire.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Last published allocation

None of the schools listed here has a published last-distance figure, so we cannot compare a postcode with last year's allocation. We do not draw catchment maps in this list; where we hold a council's map, it is on the school's page.

Apply for a primary place via Wiltshire

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Overview of Melksham Forest

Coordinates51.3783, -2.1282
Postcodes
128
Population (Census)
6,404
Households (Census)
2,757
Recorded crime · Aug '26
48

Postcode Districts in Melksham Forest

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