Upper Stratton
WardNorth west Swindon. About 8,232 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Upper Stratton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Upper Stratton compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Upper Stratton safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Upper Stratton at a rate of 63.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across Swindon.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 39 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Upper Stratton.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (142), shoplifting (83) and other crime (65).
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.
Figures for the whole of Swindon
These figures are published for the whole of Swindon, not for each ward, so they describe all of Swindon and not Upper Stratton alone. See Swindon
Upper Stratton in brief
Upper Stratton had 8,236 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Upper Stratton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Upper Stratton, 98.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Upper Stratton, 3.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.