Downs Close Devizes, Wiltshire

15 addresses across 2 postcodes (SN10), about 40 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 18501130.

18 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £215,000 across 1 sale. 4 homes have an energy certificate (C: 3, D: 1). No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Wiltshire costs £2,572 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 83% to 100% of premises. 26 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.

Sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20261£215,000£215,000£215,000
20143£132,000£120,000£158,000
20091£129,000£129,000£129,000
20081£115,000£115,000£115,000
20072£143,500£137,000£150,000
20061£134,500£134,500£134,500
20022£86,500£85,000£88,000
20001£79,000£79,000£79,000
19981£54,950£54,950£54,950
19972£48,750£47,500£50,000
19961£48,600£48,600£48,600
19952£44,750£43,000£46,500
Most recent sales (18)
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
29 Apr 20262 SN10 3SNTerraced£215,000
6 Oct 201410 SN10 3SNSemi-detached£158,000
2 May 201412 SN10 3SNSemi-detached£120,000
14 Feb 20147 SN10 3SNTerraced£132,000
30 Jul 20097 SN10 3SNTerraced£129,000
7 Nov 20082 SN10 3SNTerraced£115,000
28 Sep 200712 SN10 3SNTerraced£150,000
30 Mar 200713 SN10 3SNTerraced£137,000
11 Aug 20067 SN10 3SNTerraced£134,500
12 Apr 20027 SN10 3SNTerraced£88,000
1 Feb 200212 SN10 3SNTerraced£85,000
25 Feb 20003 SN10 3SNTerraced£79,000
6 Nov 19981 SN10 3SNTerraced£54,950
30 Oct 19977 SN10 3SNTerraced£47,500
26 Jun 19973 SN10 3SNTerraced£50,000
26 Jul 19966 SN10 3SNTerraced£48,600
1 Nov 19954 SN10 3SNTerraced£46,500
24 Feb 19957 SN10 3SNTerraced£43,000

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 13 October 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from February 2009 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 59 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (4). Built: 1983-1990 (3); 1967-1975 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2); rented (private) (1).

Council tax

What each band costs in Wiltshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,572 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,715£2,000£2,286£2,572£3,143£3,715£4,286£5,144

Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band B (47% of about 1,240 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the 2 neighbourhoods (census areas of about 700 homes each) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

  • Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
  • Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
  • Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
  • Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
  • Green belt: no.

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Roadworks

Finished in the last three months

  • 20 August 2026 to 21 August 2026: WESSEX WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (standard works)

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 30 September 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.

Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.

Groundwater flooding is possible in 2 of these postcodes: an address there is in a groundwater flood alert area.

High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.

Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
SN10 3SNnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 possible
SN10 3RXnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 possible

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
SN10 3RX100%83%83%0%
SN10 3SN100%100%100%0%

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 30 October 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspection
Nursteed Community Primary SchoolPrimary4–11210 m Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Needs attention; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Early years: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met
Southbroom St James Academy Church of EnglandPrimary7–11700 m No published inspection
Devizes SchoolSecondary11–18820 m No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good
Southbroom Infants' SchoolPrimary2–71.0 km No overall grade (Jun 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding
The Trinity Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary4–111.1 km No published inspection
Wansdyke SchoolPrimary4–111.4 km Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes Roman CatholicPrimary4–111.9 km No published inspection

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 30 October 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Lataca at Nursteed Primary School SN10 3BFSchool/college/university220 m5 Very good22 May 2025
Eastleigh Road Fish Bar SN10 3EQTakeaway/sandwich shop380 m5 Very good11 Sep 2026
Beijing Paradise SN10 3EQTakeaway/sandwich shop390 m4 Good4 Mar 2026
Tesco Retailers - other400 m4 Good6 Oct 2025
The Cavalier Pub SN10 3EGPub/bar/nightclub470 m5 Very good31 Aug 2023

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

26 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences20
Anti-social behaviour2
Criminal damage and arson2
Public order2

Most of these are attached to: On or near Hodge Close (7); On or near Freeman Road (6); On or near Maslen Close (4); On or near Downs Close (2); On or near St Bridget Close (2).

What has changed

Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.

Everything that has changed on and near this street

Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

  • SN10 3SN: 14 addresses of 15 in the postcode
  • SN10 3RX: 1 address of 16 in the postcode

Nearby streets

The Patchway · St. Bridget Close · Hodge Close · Hopkins Road · Reed Close · Quarry Close · Maslen Close · Chandler Close · Cornfield Road · Oamaru Way · Wessex Close · Brickley Lane

All the streets in SN10 and across Wiltshire.

What this page cannot tell you

  • Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
  • What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
  • How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
  • Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
  • Anything about planning applications, roadworks, noise, air quality or council tax yet.

How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.