SN5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Swindon, Roughmoor and Freshbrook, in Swindon and Wiltshire.
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 SN5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SN5, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SN5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SN5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SN5 at a rate of 60.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 66.2 per 1,000 people across SN.
In August 2026 alone, 139 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SN5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (883), other crime (377) and anti-social behaviour (363).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SN5 was 59.5 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 SN5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SN5 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SN5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swindon 011A | 1,498 | 65.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.9% |
| Swindon 011B | 1,490 | 20.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 011C | 1,470 | 62.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.5% |
| Swindon 011D | 1,559 | 22.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 014A | 1,588 | 68.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| Swindon 014B | 1,526 | 22.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Swindon 014C | 1,622 | 46.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 014D | 1,698 | 104.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.5% |
| Swindon 018A | 1,410 | 37.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 018B | 1,472 | 104.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 018C | 1,291 | 49.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Swindon 018D | 1,490 | 95.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 022A | 1,329 | 29.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| Swindon 022B | 1,557 | 38.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Swindon 022C | 1,311 | 75.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Swindon 022D | 1,520 | 154.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Swindon 022E | 1,480 | 156.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 022F | 1,541 | 50.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Wiltshire 003B | 1,585 | 29.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 72.1% |
| Wiltshire 003C | 1,376 | 40.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 70.1% |
| Wiltshire 003D | 1,383 | 17.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 76.1% |
| Wiltshire 003E | 1,623 | 26.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.9% |
| Wiltshire 003F | 2,271 | 46.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
MPs for SN5
- Heidi AlexanderLabourMP for Swindon South75% of SN5’s postcodes
- Dr Roz SavageLiberal DemocratMP for South Cotswolds20% of SN5’s postcodes
- Sarah GibsonLiberal DemocratMP for Chippenham5.0% of SN5’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in SN55
Postcode sectors in SN58
Councils SN5 covers2
Towns in SN51
Postcode districts next to SN58
More in the SN postcode area2
SN5 in brief
SN5 is a postcode district covering Swindon, Roughmoor and Freshbrook, in Swindon and Wiltshire.
About 35,778 people lived in SN5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £290,000 in 2025 across 519 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 60.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SN5 was £290,000 in 2025.
SN5 had 35,676 usual residents at the census.
In SN5, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SN5, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.