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Stratton St Margaret

Town

Town in Swindon, South West.

Stratton St Margaret is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Stratton St Margaret add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

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Radon Affected Area by town

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 14% of people in Stratton St Margaret live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£285,000
Joint 460th most expensive of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
20,689
529th most populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
14%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How Stratton St Margaret compares

Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.

Stratton St MargaretMiddle
Median sale price116 towns, South West · 2025
Median sale price: every town in South West116 areas from £195,000 to £448,750. The middle area is £286,875. Stratton St Margaret is £285,000.
£285,000joint 55th cheapest
Population116 towns, South West · 2021
Population: every town in South West116 areas from 7,704 to 425,196. The middle area is 14,963. Stratton St Margaret is 20,689.
20,68937th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares116 towns, South West · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every town in South West116 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 97.5%. Stratton St Margaret is 14.0%.
14%joint 21st fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage116 towns, South West · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every town in South West116 areas from 28.0% to 99.0%. The middle area is 89.3%. Stratton St Margaret is 98.1%.
98.1%joint 3rd highest

Is Stratton St Margaret safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Stratton St Margaret at a rate of 56.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across South West.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 95 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Stratton St Margaret.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (500), other crime (194) and anti-social behaviour (191).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Stratton St Margaret was 63.6 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 Stratton St Margaret, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Stratton St Margaret has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods

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

Neighbourhoods in Stratton St Margaret

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Swindon 005A1,47752.8 per 1,0005100.0%
Swindon 005B1,51229.0 per 1,0008100.0%
Swindon 005C1,80064.8 per 1,000891.6%
Swindon 005D1,55567.4 per 1,0001100.0%
Swindon 005E1,484105.8 per 1,000699.9%
Swindon 005F2,09725.7 per 1,000999.9%
Swindon 009A1,638109.0 per 1,000898.4%
Swindon 009B1,85465.1 per 1,000799.9%
Swindon 009C1,65450.5 per 1,000999.9%
Swindon 009D2,22453.4 per 1,000796.5%
Swindon 009E1,51636.9 per 1,0008100.0%
Swindon 009F1,38547.4 per 1,000699.7%
Swindon 013A1,76156.1 per 1,000893.1%

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Postcode districts covering Stratton St Margaret2

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Towns near Stratton St Margaret6

Stratton St Margaret in brief

Stratton St Margaret is a town in Swindon, South West.

About 21,354 people lived in Stratton St Margaret in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £285,000 in 2025 across 350 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 56.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in Stratton St Margaret was £285,000 in 2025.

Stratton St Margaret had 20,689 usual residents at the census.

About 14% of people in Stratton St Margaret live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Stratton St Margaret, 98.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.