# SN2

Postcode district covering Swindon, Gorse Hill and Rodbourne, in Swindon.

SN2 is a postcode district covering Swindon, Gorse Hill and Rodbourne, in Swindon. Median sale price £249,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 81.6 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code SN2. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [SN](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an SN2 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £249,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SN2 was £249,000 in 2025. Joint 744th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn2#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 46,234** (2021). SN2 had 46,234 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 282nd most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn2#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 7%** (2022). About 7% of people in SN2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn2#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.7%** (January 2026). In SN2, 99.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn2#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=SN2) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 7% of people in SN2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=SN2) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 562 homes were sold in SN2 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=SN2) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for SN2.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=SN2) (Census 2021, England and Wales): SN2 had 46,234 usual residents at the census.

## How SN2 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | SN2 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £249,000 | cheapest | 18 postcode districts, SN · 2025 |
| Population | 46,234 | 2nd most populated | 19 postcode districts, SN · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 7% | 4th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 19 postcode districts, SN · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 99.7% | highest | 19 postcode districts, SN · Jan 2026 |

## Is SN2 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SN2 at a rate of 81.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 66.2 per 1,000 people across the SN postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 342 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SN2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,465), other crime (674) and anti-social behaviour (669).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SN2 was 87.0 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

## Deprivation in SN2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SN2 has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in SN2

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Swindon 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01015543) | 1,529 | 108.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Swindon 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01015544) | 1,766 | 99.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Swindon 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01015545) | 1,696 | 76.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Swindon 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01015546) | 1,867 | 134.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Swindon 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01015555) | 1,477 | 52.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Swindon 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01015556) | 1,512 | 29.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Swindon 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01015557) | 1,800 | 64.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.6% |
| [Swindon 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01015558) | 1,555 | 67.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Swindon 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01015559) | 1,484 | 105.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| [Swindon 005F](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01015560) | 2,097 | 25.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| [Swindon 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01015526) | 1,503 | 32.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Swindon 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01015530) | 2,102 | 92.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Swindon 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01015506) | 1,499 | 116.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Swindon 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01015507) | 1,609 | 79.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Swindon 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01015527) | 1,741 | 68.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Swindon 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01015580) | 1,714 | 75.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Swindon 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01015508) | 1,518 | 76.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Swindon 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01015509) | 1,768 | 57.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| [Swindon 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01015510) | 2,150 | 124.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| [Swindon 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01015511) | 1,857 | 94.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| [Swindon 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01015578) | 2,137 | 82.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.3% |
| [Swindon 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01015579) | 1,660 | 46.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Swindon 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01015581) | 1,630 | 95.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.9% |
| [Swindon 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01015582) | 2,169 | 101.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| [Swindon 012F](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01032708) | 1,712 | 71.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Swindon 012G](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01032716) | 1,583 | 129.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| [Swindon 026A](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/neighbourhood/e01015525) | 1,571 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |

## Your MP

- [Swindon North](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/swindon-north): Will Stone (Labour), MP since July 2024. 78% of the people here.
- [Swindon South](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/swindon-south): Heidi Alexander (Labour), MP since July 2024. 22% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in SN2

[Gorse Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/gorse-hill), [Moredon](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/moredon), [Penhill](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/penhill), [Pinehurst](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/pinehurst), [Rodbourne & Cheney Manor](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/rodbourne-and-cheney-manor), [Upper Stratton](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon/upper-stratton)

## Postcode sectors in SN2

[SN2 1 (226 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn2-1), [SN2 2 (247 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn2-2), [SN2 5 (128 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn2-5), [SN2 7 (171 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn2-7), [SN2 8 (82 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn2-8), [SN2 9 (102 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn2-9)

## Council

[Swindon](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon)

## Towns in SN2

[Stratton St Margaret](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stratton-st-margaret), [Swindon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swindon)

## Postcode districts next to SN2

[SN1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn1), [SN3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn3), [SN4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn4), [SN5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn5), [SN25](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn25)

## Nearest rail stations

[Swindon (Wilts) (1.3 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.7855,51.5655)

## More in the SN postcode area

[All SN postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## SN2 in brief

SN2 is a postcode district covering Swindon, Gorse Hill and Rodbourne, in Swindon.
About 47,594 people lived in SN2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £249,000 in 2025 across 562 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 81.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SN2 was £249,000 in 2025.
SN2 had 46,234 usual residents at the census.
About 7% of people in SN2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SN2, 99.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: SN2
- Postcode area: [SN](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn)
- Constituency: [Swindon North †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/swindon-north)
- Council: [Swindon †](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon)
- Area: 12.32 km²
- People, mid-2024: 47,594*
- Neighbourhoods: 27
- Output areas: 145

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[SN25](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn25), [SN1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn1), [SN3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn3), [SN5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn5), [SN4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn4)

## Latest updates for SN2

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/SN2

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn2, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn2#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn2