Schools
66 open schools are in scope, including 47 primary and 10 secondary schools. Westlea Primary School is the nearest published school at 505 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SN5 7XN
Shaw & Westlea · Swindon · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Swindon
- Ward
- Shaw & Westlea
- Local authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon South
- Postcode district
- SN5
- Postcode sector
- SN5 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SN5 7XN
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 April 2005
- Terminated
- 1 August 2016
- Postcode area
- SN
- Postcode district
- SN5
- Postcode sector
- SN5 7
- Latitude
- 51.559925
- Longitude
- -1.817983
- British National Grid easting
- 412,714
- British National Grid northing
- 184,576
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Swindon · E06000030
- Electoral ward
- Shaw & Westlea · E05016298
- Parish or community
- E04012672
- Westminster constituency
- Swindon South · E14001537
- Output area
- E00177344
- Lower layer super output area
- Swindon 014D · E01015568
- Middle layer super output area
- Swindon 014 · E02003225
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 SN5
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1401, Welton Road, Swindon, SN5 7XN | 13 October 1995 | £25,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 66
- Primary
- 47
- Secondary
- 10
- 505 m
Westlea Primary School
Academy converter
- 921 m
Lift Hazelwood
Academy sponsor led
- 1.0 km
Shaw Ridge Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,993
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 707
- Anti social behaviour 294
- Shoplifting 273
- Public order 153
- Criminal damage and arson 152
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SN5 7 residents
- 4,192
Age bands in SN5 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 32.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 12.4%
782 residents
436 residents
1,392 residents
1,098 residents
526 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
14
within 5 km straight-line
ASHINGTON HOUSE SURGERY
ASHINGTON HOUSE, ASHINGTON WAY, WESTLEA, SWINDON, SN5 7XY
ODS code J83036
657 m
PHOENIX SURGERY
DUNWICH DRIVE, TOOTHILL, SWINDON, SN5 8SX
ODS code J83645
757 m
RIDGE GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
RIDGE GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE, SHAW VILLAGE CENTRE, RAMLEAZE DRIVE, SHAW, SWINDON, SN5 5PX
ODS code J83064
1.5 km
PARK LANE PRACTICE
7-9 PARK LANE, SWINDON, SN1 5HG
ODS code J83646
1.5 km
OLD TOWN SURGERY
CURIE AVENUE, OKUS, SWINDON, SN1 4GB
ODS code J83022
1.8 km
WHALEBRIDGE PRACTICE
THE WHALEBRIDGE PRACTICE, SWINDON NHS HEALTH CENTRE, 1 ISLINGTON ST, SWINDON, SN1 2DQ
ODS code J83033
2.5 km
VICTORIA CROSS SURGERY
168-169 VICTORIA ROAD, SWINDON, SN1 3BU
ODS code J83633
2.8 km
HAWTHORN MEDICAL CENTRE
MAY CLOSE, CRICKLADE ROAD, SWINDON, SN2 1UU
ODS code J83027
3.3 km
NORTH SWINDON PRACTICE
HOME GROUND SURGERY, THAMES AVENUE, SWINDON, SN25 1QQ
ODS code J83057
3.7 km
THE LAWN MEDICAL CENTRE
GUILDFORD AVENUE, SWINDON, SN3 1JL
ODS code J83059
4.1 km
RIDGEWAY VIEW FAMILY PRACTICE
BARRETT WAY, WROUGHTON, SWINDON, SN4 9LW
ODS code J83009
4.4 km
KINGSWOOD SURGERY
KINGSWOOD AVENUE, PARK NORTH, SWINDON, SN3 2RJ
ODS code J83038
4.4 km
ABBEY MEADS MEDICAL PRACT
ABBEYMEADS VILLAGE CENTRE, ELSTREE WAY, SWINDON, SN25 4YZ
ODS code J83035
4.6 km
PRIORY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
PARK SOUTH, SWINDON, SN3 2EZ
ODS code J83024
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Ashworth Road
BCT · Bridgemead
- 0.2 miles
Littlecote Close
BCT · Westlea
- 0.2 miles
Ashworth Road
BCT · Bridgemead
- 0.2 miles
Littlecote Close
BCT · Westlea
- 0.3 miles
Risingham Mead
BCT · Westlea
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Swindon 014D, 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
7 of 10
Overall England rank
21,529 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 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
1,993 published events cover 12 months, averaging 166.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 707 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.