SN3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Swindon and Stratton St Margaret, in Swindon.
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 SN3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SN3, 97.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SN3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SN3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SN3 at a rate of 75.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 66.2 per 1,000 people across the SN postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 369 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SN3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,803), anti-social behaviour (784) and other crime (727).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SN3 was 78.2 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 SN3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SN3 has no single figure. Of its 33 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SN3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swindon 008A | 1,930 | 145.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 81.5% |
| Swindon 009A | 1,638 | 109.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.4% |
| Swindon 009B | 1,854 | 65.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Swindon 009C | 1,654 | 50.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Swindon 009D | 2,224 | 53.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.5% |
| Swindon 009E | 1,516 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 009F | 1,385 | 47.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| Swindon 013A | 1,761 | 56.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.1% |
| Swindon 013B | 1,230 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 013C | 1,355 | 18.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.8% |
| Swindon 013D | 1,415 | 37.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 013E | 1,386 | 48.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 013F | 1,383 | 38.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 016A | 1,945 | 102.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.2% |
| Swindon 016B | 1,385 | 114.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 016C | 2,293 | 188.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.0% |
| Swindon 016D | 1,388 | 117.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 017C | 1,628 | 85.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.1% |
| Swindon 017D | 1,593 | 74.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 020A | 1,800 | 59.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 020B | 1,662 | 55.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 020C | 1,858 | 136.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 020D | 1,814 | 119.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| Swindon 020E | 1,415 | 148.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 023A | 1,483 | 22.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 023B | 1,462 | 74.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 023C | 1,433 | 28.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 023D | 1,264 | 25.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 023E | 1,417 | 132.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Swindon 023F | 1,402 | 57.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 024A | 1,487 | 26.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.3% |
| Swindon 024C | 2,089 | 58.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 82.2% |
| Swindon 025G | 2,218 | 43.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.9% |
MPs for SN3
- Heidi AlexanderLabourMP for Swindon South73% of SN3’s postcodes
- Will StoneLabourMP for Swindon North25% of SN3’s postcodes
- Danny KrugerReform UKMP for East Wiltshire2.4% of SN3’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 SN35
Postcode sectors in SN38
Council1
Towns in SN32
Postcode districts next to SN36
Nearest rail stations1
More in the SN postcode area2
SN3 in brief
SN3 is a postcode district covering Swindon and Stratton St Margaret, in Swindon.
About 56,822 people lived in SN3 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 891 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 75.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SN3 was £290,000 in 2025.
SN3 had 54,152 usual residents at the census.
In SN3, 97.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SN3, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.