Swindon property guide

Wiltshire's biggest town market, built on railway heritage and M4 employment.

This guide brings together the latest property, schools and crime data for Swindon, Swindon. Figures cover the 12 months to the end of May 2026 and are sourced from HM Land Registry, Police.uk and the DfE schools register. Trains reach London Paddington in about an hour.

Median sale price (12m)

£280,000

Sales registered (12m)

2,094

Open schools

101

About Swindon

Swindon runs from the Great Western railway village and Old Town's Victorian stock to new estates at Wichelstowe and Badbury Park.

Nationwide, Zurich and the M4 corridor keep white-collar demand steady, and prices stay well below Reading and Bristol.

House prices in Swindon

The median sale price in Swindon over the last 12 months was £280,000, across 2,094 recorded transactions. That is 1.8% lower than the previous 12 months.

Terraced homes were the most-traded type in Swindon, accounting for 773 of the period's sales at a median of £245,000.

Median price by property type, last 12 months

Type	Median price	Sales
Detached	£438,000	484
Semi-detached	£302,000	558
Terraced	£245,000	773
Flat	£145,000	257
Other	£320,000	22

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Schools in Swindon

Swindon has 101 open schools recorded in the DfE register, including 71 primary, 15 secondary and 12 with a sixth form or 16-plus provision.

Nearest secondary schools to Swindon centre

School	Postcode	Distance
Nova Hreod Academy	SN2 2NQ	1.7 km
St Joseph's Catholic College	SN3 3LR	2 km
UTC Swindon	SN1 5ET	2 km
Kingsdown School	SN2 7SH	2.3 km
Lawn Manor Academy	SN3 1ER	2.9 km

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Crime in Swindon

In Swindon, the largest reported categories over the last 12 months were violence and sexual offences (33.5%), anti-social behaviour (19.1%) and public order (9.5%).

Largest reported categories, last 12 months

Category	Share
Violence and sexual offences	33.5%
Anti-social behaviour	19.1%
Public order	9.5%
Criminal damage and arson	8.7%
Other theft	6.1%

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Postcode districts in Swindon

Reported incident counts vary across postcode districts within the Swindon boundary, partly reflecting where Police.uk anonymises locations and partly reflecting genuine differences in foot traffic and population density.

Postcode district	Reports (12m)
SN1	15,400
SN2	15,400
SN25	15,400
SN26	15,400
SN3	15,400

Frequently asked questions about Swindon

The median sale price in Swindon over the last 12 months was £280,000, based on HM Land Registry data.

There are 101 open schools listed in the DfE register within the Swindon area, covering primary, secondary and sixth-form provision.

According to Police.uk, the most-reported category in Swindon over the last 12 months was violence and sexual offences, out of around 15,400 recorded incidents.

Sale prices come from HM Land Registry, crime statistics from the Police.uk open-data feed, schools data from the Department for Education, flood data from the Environment Agency, and energy ratings from the EPC public register.

The figures refresh monthly as new data is published by each source.

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