Where is Shaw (Wiltshire)?

Shaw (Wiltshire) is a town in Wiltshire, England, in the Wiltshire local authority.

How deprived is Shaw (Wiltshire)?

The Wiltshire local authority, which includes Shaw (Wiltshire), is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.

Shaw (Wiltshire)

Shaw (Wiltshire) is a village in Wiltshire, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has around 1 GP surgery or clinic and 2 restaurants or cafés, 7 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Melksham, 1.7 km away. There were around 15 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Shaw (Wiltshire) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Wiltshire area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 510,333 residents at roughly 157 people per km².

Council: Wiltshire
County: Wiltshire
Constituency: Chippenham
Police force: Wiltshire

63/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 55th of 294 English council areas — better than 81% of them.

Low crime95

Home affordability43

Affordable rents52

Good schools29

Life expectancy85

Low deprivation73

Employment86

Low council tax18

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°CPatchy rain nearby

Today: 18° / 17° · 92% rain
Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:30

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, United Kingdom

Crime

11 reported · July 2026▲ 22% YoY

Violence & sexual offences5
Public order2
Anti-social behaviour1
Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Melksham Rural North · Wiltshire

Local policing priorities

Business & Retail Crime Reduction
Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) Hotspot Patrols at Vulnerable and Repeat Locations and Patrols of Closure Order areas.

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

880 reported road collisions (2024)

172 killed or seriously injured · 1,180 casualties · 17.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

90 food businesses within 2 miles

72 rated 4–5 ★ (65 top)
2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

Nearest station: Melksham (1.7 km)
7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Melksham (1.7 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£328,908 average▲ 2.7% YoY

Across Wiltshire · to 2026-06

Detached£519,308

Semi-detached£328,456

Terraced£264,866

Flat£158,975

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,072 average monthly rent▲ 5.9% YoY

1 bed £743
2 bed £964
3 bed £1,209

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

8.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.8 times median annual pay (8.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (8.6 km)
Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (8.6 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

24 charging locations within ~8 km

9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
Fastest nearby: 300 kW
Nearest: Beechfield House Hotel (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

Gyms1
Swimming pools2
Sports pitches7
Golf courses1
Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

510,333 residents in Wiltshire · 157/km²

Under 16: 18%
16–64: 60%
65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 231 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,572 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 233,060)

A £1,715

B £2,000

C £2,286

D £2,572

E £3,143

F £3,715

G £4,286

H £5,144

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

268 schools · 74,579 pupils

201 primary · 28 secondary · 39 other

Ofsted: 106 of 128 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

235inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar SchoolOutstanding
Malmesbury SchoolOutstanding
Abbeyfield SchoolGood
Bradon Forest SchoolGood
Kingsbury Green AcademyGood
Matravers SchoolGood
Melksham Oak Community SchoolGood
Sheldon SchoolGood
South Wilts Grammar SchoolGood
St Augustine's Catholic CollegeGood
The Corsham SchoolGood
The Trafalgar School at DowntonGood
The Wellington AcademyGood
Pewsey Vale SchoolRequires improvement
St Joseph's Catholic SchoolRequires improvement
Avon Valley Academy
Devizes School
Hardenhuish School
Kingdown School
Lavington School
Royal Wootton Bassett Academy
Sarum Academy
St John's Marlborough
St Laurence School
The Clarendon Academy
The John of Gaunt School
The Stonehenge School
Wyvern St Edmund's Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wiltshire

Care & health services

514 CQC-registered services

Care homes163
GP practices61
Dentists98
Homecare agencies152
Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wiltshire

Heritage & planning

Not in the Green Belt
53 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

832 applications decided

92.2% granted · 767 granted, 65 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Brian Mathew

Liberal Democrat

Melksham and Devizes

Recent votes:

NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
NoClosure motion
NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

Lab 1
Con 38
LD 43
Ref 10
Oth 6

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

Schools2
GPs & clinics1
Parks & greens1
Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

24,755 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£751 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,404 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 241,404 certificates

9.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

18% low-carbon electricity

Gas 49% · Imports 34% · Solar 8% · Biomass 5%

218 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 63.7 women · 63.8 men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

Life satisfaction7.4
Feeling worthwhile7.7
Happiness yesterday7.3
Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Melksham and Devizes:

Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership380 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases360 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership324 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office309 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks287 local signatures · 49,615 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

Shaw, Melksham Without · 0.1 km
Shaw is a village in the civil parish of Melksham Without, Wiltshire, England. It is about 1.7 miles (2.7 km) northwest of Melksham on the A365 Melksham to Box road, where the B3353 diverges to Corsham.
Whitley, Wiltshire · 0.7 km
Whitley is a village in the civil parish of Melksham Without, Wiltshire, England, which had a population of 1,914 at the 2011 census. The village lies about 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Melksham on the B3353 Shaw to…
The George Ward Technology College · 1.2 km
The George Ward Technology College was a medium-sized comprehensive school in Melksham, Wiltshire, England between 1953 and 2010. A maintained co-educational secondary school, it catered for pupils aged 11 to 18. Wilt…
Beanacre · 1.7 km
Beanacre is a small village in Wiltshire, England, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Melksham on the A350 towards Chippenham. It is in the civil parish of Melksham Without. The Bristol Avon passes to the east of the v…
Melksham railway station · 1.7 km
Melksham railway station is a railway station serving the town of Melksham in Wiltshire, England. It is 100 miles 13 chains from London Paddington, on the TransWilts Line between Chippenham and Trowbridge.
Gifford Hall · 1.8 km
Gifford Hall is a Grade II* listed house on the Common at Broughton Gifford, Wiltshire, England. It dates from around 1700 and is limestone ashlar with a hipped stone slate roof with stone stacks. It was built for the…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Shaw (Wiltshire)?: Shaw (Wiltshire) is a town in Wiltshire, England, in the Wiltshire local authority.
How deprived is Shaw (Wiltshire)?: The Wiltshire local authority, which includes Shaw (Wiltshire), is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.