Horsey Down
Suburb · 36 residents
61Good
Good · better than 6 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 56 per 1,000 people a year against 100
Check before you view
- Flood risk: 22% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
- Food & drink scores 21, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Horsey Down
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Horsey Down a good place to live?
Horsey Down scores 61/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (79).
It scores lowest on food & drink (21).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Horsey Down in South West, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Horsey Down
Horsey Down doesn't give up much if you go looking for it on paper, so it's worth being straight about that rather than padding it out. What follows is what can honestly be said.
It sits within Wiltshire, where the wider unitary authority carries a median house price of around £315,000 and a crime rate of roughly 62 per 1,000 people — useful context for the area, though nothing specific to Horsey Down itself has surfaced here: no confirmed population figures, crime counts, school ratings, transport links, or local sales data. Without those, there's no honest way to describe the streetscape, who lives there, how people commute, or what a Saturday looks like, and it would be a disservice to invent any of it.
If you're weighing up Horsey Down specifically, the sensible next step is to look at Wiltshire's broader character as a starting point — a largely rural, small-town county with house prices a little below the South West regional average — and then dig for anything locality-specific (a parish newsletter, a local estate agent, a council ward profile) that can fill in the texture this overview can't responsibly supply.
Data last updated: 19 October 2026