Swindon
Swindon is covered by postcode districts SN1, SN2, SN3, SN4, SN5, SN25 and 3 more. It is mostly in the Swindon council area: 4,046 of its 4,104 postcodes. The others are in Wiltshire.
ONS publishes this built-up area as Swindon (Swindon).
Every postcode in Swindon, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 87
- At medium risk at worst: 11
- At low risk at worst: 89
- At very low risk only: 21
- Not on the at-risk list: 3,896
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 4,104 postcodes in Swindon that ONS places, 87 have a home or business at high risk, 11 are at medium risk at worst, 89 are at low risk at worst, 21 are at very low risk only and 3,896 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.5683, longitude -1.7899. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
87 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 28 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SN25 2GZ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SN3 2AG, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SN25 1SY, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SN25 2NE, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SN3 5AH, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Swindon?
Homes sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.9% on the 12 months before. At 3,572 of the 3,777 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 735 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 208 of its 4,104 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Swindon, 450 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Swindon?
Homes in Swindon sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 2,031 sales, down 1.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £265,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £260,000
▼ down 1.9% on the 12 months before
Across the whole SN3 district, Swindon's main postcode district: a typical £290,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Swindon: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Swindon?
180 of the 4,104 postcodes now in use in Swindon came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 130 of the 2,619 homes sold in Swindon were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SN3 district, 21%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Swindon | Across the SN3 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 22 of 2,031 (1%) | 25 of 648 (4%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 130 of 2,619 (5%) | 192 of 923 (21%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Swindon?
Ofcom reports on 3,777 of the 4,104 postcodes in Swindon. At 3,572 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Swindon at risk of flooding?
208 of the 4,104 postcodes in Swindon have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 735 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Swindon?
The open schools at the postcodes in Swindon (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- EOTAS Swindon350 m
- Ferndale Primary School & Nursery450 m 413 pupils, 500 places
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School700 m 398 pupils, 410 places
- Gorse Hill Primary School1.1 km 441 pupils, 460 places
- Even Swindon Primary School1.3 km 663 pupils, 740 places
- Swindon Academy1.3 km 1,820 pupils, 2,243 places
- Robert Le Kyng Primary School1.4 km 411 pupils, 420 places
- Holy Rood Catholic Primary School1.4 km 381 pupils, 420 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Swindon?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Swindon is Swindon Rail Station, 450 m away in a straight line.
- Swindon Rail Station Railway station 450 mWalk
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Swindon?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Swindon, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Whalebridge Practice900 m
- Park Lane Practice1.1 km
- Hawthorn Medical Centre1.2 km
- Victoria Cross Surgery1.7 km
- Old Town Surgery2.0 km
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Swindon safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 6,801 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Swindon over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 586 September 2025
- 640 October 2025
- 544 November 2025
- 586 December 2025
- 519 January 2026
- 507 February 2026
- 593 March 2026
- 657 April 2026
- 466 May 2026
- 508 June 2026
- 537 July 2026
- 658 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 143, other crime 132, bicycle theft 111, theft from the person 77, possession of weapons 77, robbery 71.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Swindon?
- Councils
- Swindon (4,046) and Wiltshire (58)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Swindon South (2,662), Swindon North (1,352), South Cotswolds (42) and 2 others
- Police force area
- Wiltshire
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Swindon
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell the council about council tax Councils A to Z
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Swindon
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Swindon postcodes
4,104 postcodes in use in Swindon, by district:
Those districts are all in the SN postcode area.
Check a Swindon postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Swindon
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Swindon's £260,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Swindon
- What is it like to live in Swindon?
- Homes sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.9% on the 12 months before. At 3,572 of the 3,777 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 735 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 208 of its 4,104 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Swindon, 450 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Swindon?
- Swindon is covered by postcode districts SN1, SN2, SN3, SN4, SN5, SN25 and 3 more, across 4,104 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Swindon?
- Homes in Swindon sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 2,031 sales, down 1.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Swindon?
- In Swindon, primary schools at its postcodes include EOTAS Swindon, Ferndale Primary School & Nursery and St Mary's Catholic Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include EOTAS Swindon, UTC Swindon and Swindon Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Swindon have a railway station?
- Yes: Swindon is 450 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Swindon, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Swindon?
- Ofcom reports on 3,777 of the 4,104 postcodes in Swindon. At 3,572 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Swindon at risk of flooding?
- 208 of the 4,104 postcodes in Swindon have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 735 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Swindon?
- 180 of the 4,104 postcodes now in use in Swindon came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 130 of the 2,619 homes sold in Swindon were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SN3 district, 21%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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