SN5 postcode area guide — Swindon
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the SN5 postcode district in Swindon — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in SN5
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
96.8%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
91.7%
Gigabit-capable
91.6%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.2%
Broadband availability in the SN5 postcode district (Swindon) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 881 postcodes Ofcom measures in SN5, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 96.8% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 91.6%.
Around 0.2% of premises in SN5 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in SN5
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| SN5 0AA | 100% | 100% |
| SN5 0AB | 0% | 0% |
| SN5 0AD | 0% | 0% |
| SN5 0AG | 72.7% | 72.7% |
| SN5 0AH | 100% | 100% |
| SN5 0AJ | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| SN5 0AL | 100% | 100% |
| SN5 0AN | 92.3% | 92.3% |
| SN5 0AQ | 100% | 100% |
| SN5 0AW | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Swindon
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Swindon district (106,049 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
94.3%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.9%
5G outdoors — all networks
92.2%
Voice indoors — all networks
97.9%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in SN5
Police recorded 93 incidents within about a mile of the centre of SN5 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 44 | 47.3% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 16 | 17.2% |
| Public order | 10 | 10.8% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 9 | 9.7% |
| Vehicle crime | 5 | 5.4% |
| Shoplifting | 2 | 2.2% |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1.1% |
| Burglary | 1 | 1.1% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in SN5
Based on 368 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in SN5 is £270,000, down 5.3% on the previous year (£285,000).
Detached
£400,000
118 sales
Semi-detached
£265,000
99 sales
Terraced
£228,000
125 sales
Flat / maisonette
£108,000
22 sales
Latest recorded sales in SN5
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 May 2026 | £495,000 | Detached | Standings Close | SN5 5UG |
| 15 May 2026 | £217,500 | Terraced | The Chesters | SN5 7DB |
| 15 May 2026 | £208,000 | Terraced | Castle Dore | SN5 8PQ |
| 15 May 2026 | £215,000 | Terraced | Lisle Close | SN5 6BX |
| 11 May 2026 | £222,000 | Terraced | Eastleaze Road | SN5 7EB |
| 8 May 2026 | £266,500 | Terraced | Charolais Drive | SN5 5RX |
| 7 May 2026 | £210,000 | Terraced | Rye Close | SN5 5GB |
| 5 May 2026 | £217,000 | Terraced | Lumley Close | SN5 6JD |
| 1 May 2026 | £310,000 | Detached | White Castle | SN5 8HY |
| 1 May 2026 | £332,500 | Detached | Roundway Down | SN5 8NT |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Swindon demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Swindon district (233,411 residents, 95,861 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19.8% |
| 15–29 | 23.2% |
| 30–44 | 21.4% |
| 45–64 | 19.7% |
| 65+ | 15.9% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 63.7% |
| Private rented | 19.5% |
| Social rented | 5.4% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around SN5
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lydiard Park Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,302 | SN5 6HN |
| Bradon Forest School | Secondary | 11–16 | 987 | SN5 4AT |
| Brook Field Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 410 | SN5 5SB |
| Shaw Ridge Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 407 | SN5 5PU |
| Millbrook Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 373 | SN5 8NU |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery, Purton | Primary | 2–11 | 318 | SN5 4AR |
| Westlea Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 289 | SN5 7BT |
| Lift Hazelwood | Primary | 2–11 | 252 | SN5 8DR |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in SN5
161 rated food businesses operate in SN5. 117 hold the top rating of 5, 19 are rated 4, and 4 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 14forty (c/o Oxford Brookes University), Aldi Stores Ltd, Alpha Pre-School, Aramark Openwork, Asda Stores Ltd.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in SN5
From a sample of 164 Energy Performance Certificates across 10 SN5 postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band D). 53% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
15%
Band C
38%
Band D
31%
Band E
14%
Band F
2%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Swindon
Landlines around SN5 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.