Schools
68 open schools are in scope, including 50 primary and 9 secondary schools. Drove Primary School is the nearest published school at 348 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SN3 1BD
Queen's Park · Swindon · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Queen's Park
- Local authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon South
- Postcode district
- SN3
- Postcode sector
- SN3 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SN3 1BD
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 March 1988
- Terminated
- 1 December 1992
- Postcode area
- SN
- Postcode district
- SN3
- Postcode sector
- SN3 1
- Latitude
- 51.558265
- Longitude
- -1.773475
- British National Grid easting
- 415,800
- British National Grid northing
- 184,400
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Swindon · E06000030
- Electoral ward
- Queen's Park · E05016295
- Parish or community
- E04012664
- Westminster constituency
- Swindon South · E14001537
- Output area
- E00078355
- Lower layer super output area
- Swindon 017B · E01015493
- Middle layer super output area
- Swindon 017 · E02003228
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore SN3
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 68
- Primary
- 50
- Secondary
- 9
- 348 m
Drove Primary School
Academy converter
- 360 m
Holy Rood Catholic Primary School
Academy converter
- 477 m
Lainesmead Primary School and Nursery
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 6,888
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,563
- Anti social behaviour 1,009
- Shoplifting 682
- Public order 647
- Criminal damage and arson 490
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SN3 1 residents
- 9,039
Age bands in SN3 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 24.5%
1,293 residents
712 residents
1,949 residents
2,257 residents
2,018 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
16
within 5 km straight-line
VICTORIA CROSS SURGERY
168-169 VICTORIA ROAD, SWINDON, SN1 3BU
ODS code J83633
461 m
WHALEBRIDGE PRACTICE
THE WHALEBRIDGE PRACTICE, SWINDON NHS HEALTH CENTRE, 1 ISLINGTON ST, SWINDON, SN1 2DQ
ODS code J83033
720 m
KINGSWOOD SURGERY
KINGSWOOD AVENUE, PARK NORTH, SWINDON, SN3 2RJ
ODS code J83038
1.3 km
THE LAWN MEDICAL CENTRE
GUILDFORD AVENUE, SWINDON, SN3 1JL
ODS code J83059
1.4 km
PARK LANE PRACTICE
7-9 PARK LANE, SWINDON, SN1 5HG
ODS code J83646
1.6 km
OLD TOWN SURGERY
CURIE AVENUE, OKUS, SWINDON, SN1 4GB
ODS code J83022
1.8 km
PRIORY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
PARK SOUTH, SWINDON, SN3 2EZ
ODS code J83024
1.9 km
HAWTHORN MEDICAL CENTRE
MAY CLOSE, CRICKLADE ROAD, SWINDON, SN2 1UU
ODS code J83027
2.1 km
ELDENE SURGERY
COLINGSMEAD, ELDENE, SWINDON, SN3 3TQ
ODS code J83047
2.5 km
PHOENIX SURGERY
DUNWICH DRIVE, TOOTHILL, SWINDON, SN5 8SX
ODS code J83645
3.4 km
MERCHISTON SURGERY
HIGHWORTH ROAD, STRATTON ST MARGARET, SWINDON, SN3 4BF
ODS code J83001
3.7 km
ASHINGTON HOUSE SURGERY
ASHINGTON HOUSE, ASHINGTON WAY, WESTLEA, SWINDON, SN5 7XY
ODS code J83036
3.7 km
RIDGEWAY VIEW FAMILY PRACTICE
BARRETT WAY, WROUGHTON, SWINDON, SN4 9LW
ODS code J83009
4.0 km
NORTH SWINDON PRACTICE
HOME GROUND SURGERY, THAMES AVENUE, SWINDON, SN25 1QQ
ODS code J83057
4.5 km
RIDGE GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
RIDGE GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE, SHAW VILLAGE CENTRE, RAMLEAZE DRIVE, SHAW, SWINDON, SN5 5PX
ODS code J83064
4.5 km
ABBEY MEADS MEDICAL PRACT
ABBEYMEADS VILLAGE CENTRE, ELSTREE WAY, SWINDON, SN25 4YZ
ODS code J83035
4.6 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Walcot Road
BCT · Walcot West
- 0.1 miles
York Road
BCT · Swindon
- 0.1 miles
The Merlin
BCT · Walcot West
- 0.1 miles
The Merlin
BCT · Walcot West
- 0.1 miles
York Road
BCT · Swindon
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Swindon 017B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
6 of 10
Overall England rank
20,146 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
6,888 published events cover 12 months, averaging 574 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,563 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.