SN2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Swindon, Gorse Hill and Rodbourne, 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 SN2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 7% of people in SN2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SN2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SN2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SN2 at a rate of 81.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 66.2 per 1,000 people across the SN postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 342 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SN2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,465), other crime (674) and anti-social behaviour (669).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SN2 was 87.0 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 SN2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SN2 has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- 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 SN2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swindon 003A | 1,529 | 108.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 003B | 1,766 | 99.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 003C | 1,696 | 76.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 003D | 1,867 | 134.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 005A | 1,477 | 52.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 005B | 1,512 | 29.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 005C | 1,800 | 64.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.6% |
| Swindon 005D | 1,555 | 67.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 005E | 1,484 | 105.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Swindon 005F | 2,097 | 25.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Swindon 006A | 1,503 | 32.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 006D | 2,102 | 92.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 007A | 1,499 | 116.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 007B | 1,609 | 79.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 007C | 1,741 | 68.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 007D | 1,714 | 75.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 010A | 1,518 | 76.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 010B | 1,768 | 57.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Swindon 010C | 2,150 | 124.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Swindon 010D | 1,857 | 94.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Swindon 012B | 2,137 | 82.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.3% |
| Swindon 012C | 1,660 | 46.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 012D | 1,630 | 95.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.9% |
| Swindon 012E | 2,169 | 101.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Swindon 012F | 1,712 | 71.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Swindon 012G | 1,583 | 129.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Swindon 026A | 1,571 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
MPs for SN2
- Will StoneLabourMP for Swindon North78% of SN2’s postcodes
- Heidi AlexanderLabourMP for Swindon South22% of SN2’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 SN26
Postcode sectors in SN26
Council1
Towns in SN22
Postcode districts next to SN25
Nearest rail stations1
More in the SN postcode area2
SN2 in brief
SN2 is a postcode district covering Swindon, Gorse Hill and Rodbourne, in Swindon.
About 47,594 people lived in SN2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £249,000 in 2025 across 562 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 81.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SN2 was £249,000 in 2025.
SN2 had 46,234 usual residents at the census.
About 7% of people in SN2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SN2, 99.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.