SN5 5UA

Shaw & Westlea · Swindon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Swindon
Local authority
Swindon
Constituency
Swindon South
Postcode district
SN5
Postcode sector
SN5 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SN5 5UB 47 m
SN5 5XD 67 m
SN5 5PG 74 m
SN5 5XB 88 m
SN5 5UG 100 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SN5 5UA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SN
Postcode district
SN5
Postcode sector
SN5 5
Latitude
51.570821
Longitude
-1.841516
British National Grid easting
411,080
British National Grid northing
185,784

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Swindon · E06000030
Parish or community
E04012672
Westminster constituency
Swindon South · E14001537
Output area
E00078703
Lower layer super output area
Swindon 011C · E01015565
Middle layer super output area
Swindon 011 · E02003222

Postcode source versions

Explore SN5

23 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
42, Sandacre Road, Nine Elms, Swindon, SN5 5UA 9 December 2024 £400,000
25, Sandacre Road, Nine Elms, Swindon, SN5 5UA 31 May 2024 £270,000
36, Sandacre Road, Nine Elms, Swindon, SN5 5UA 18 October 2018 £380,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
54
Primary
39
Secondary
8
  1. Brook Field Primary School

    Academy converter

    312 m
  2. Peatmoor Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    917 m
  3. Shaw Ridge Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
748
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 319
  • Anti social behaviour 92
  • Shoplifting 77
  • Public order 71
  • Criminal damage and arson 58

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
42

22 female, 20 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
3.2
SN5 5 residents
9,259

Age bands in SN5 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.8%

1,732 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

895 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.6%

2,539 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.7%

2,822 residents

Age 65 and over
13.2%

1,218 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SN5 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

11

within 5 km

  • RIDGE GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    RIDGE GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE, SHAW VILLAGE CENTRE, RAMLEAZE DRIVE, SHAW, SWINDON, SN5 5PX

    ODS code J83064

    506 m

  • ASHINGTON HOUSE SURGERY

    ASHINGTON HOUSE, ASHINGTON WAY, WESTLEA, SWINDON, SN5 7XY

    ODS code J83036

    1.8 km

  • PHOENIX SURGERY

    DUNWICH DRIVE, TOOTHILL, SWINDON, SN5 8SX

    ODS code J83645

    2.4 km

  • PURTON SURGERY

    DOCTORS SURGERY, WILLIS WAY, PURTON, SWINDON, SN5 4BD

    ODS code J83006

    3.0 km

  • NORTH SWINDON PRACTICE

    HOME GROUND SURGERY, THAMES AVENUE, SWINDON, SN25 1QQ

    ODS code J83057

    3.3 km

  • PARK LANE PRACTICE

    7-9 PARK LANE, SWINDON, SN1 5HG

    ODS code J83646

    3.4 km

  • OLD TOWN SURGERY

    CURIE AVENUE, OKUS, SWINDON, SN1 4GB

    ODS code J83022

    3.9 km

  • WHALEBRIDGE PRACTICE

    THE WHALEBRIDGE PRACTICE, SWINDON NHS HEALTH CENTRE, 1 ISLINGTON ST, SWINDON, SN1 2DQ

    ODS code J83033

    4.3 km

  • HAWTHORN MEDICAL CENTRE

    MAY CLOSE, CRICKLADE ROAD, SWINDON, SN2 1UU

    ODS code J83027

    4.4 km

  • ABBEY MEADS MEDICAL PRACT

    ABBEYMEADS VILLAGE CENTRE, ELSTREE WAY, SWINDON, SN25 4YZ

    ODS code J83035

    4.5 km

  • VICTORIA CROSS SURGERY

    168-169 VICTORIA ROAD, SWINDON, SN1 3BU

    ODS code J83633

    4.8 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Standings Close

    BCT · Nine Elms

    0.1 miles
  • Standings Close

    BCT · Nine Elms

    0.1 miles
  • Braybrooke Close

    BCT · Nine Elms

    0.1 miles
  • Braybrooke Close

    BCT · Nine Elms

    0.1 miles
  • Bishopdale Close

    BCT · Nine Elms

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Swindon 011C, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,071 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
10 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £335,000 from 2 recorded sales in SN5 5UA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Swindon is £265,666 in June 2026, up 4.4% year on year.

Schools

54 open schools are in scope, including 39 primary and 8 secondary schools. Brook Field Primary School is the nearest published school at 312 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

748 published events cover 12 months, averaging 62.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 319 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.