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Swinley Forest

Ward

South east Bracknell Forest. About 5,961 people in 15 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Swinley Forest live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,962
Joint 3,544th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Swinley Forest compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Swinley ForestMiddle
Population15 wards, Bracknell Forest · 2021
Population: every ward in Bracknell Forest15 areas from 5,637 to 10,554. The middle area is 8,858. Swinley Forest is 5,962.
5,9622nd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares15 wards, Bracknell Forest · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Bracknell Forest15 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Swinley Forest is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage15 wards, Bracknell Forest · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Bracknell Forest15 areas from 91.7% to 100.0%. The middle area is 97.9%. Swinley Forest is 97.6%.
97.6%joint 5th lowest
Claimant rate15 wards, Bracknell Forest · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Bracknell Forest15 areas from 1.2% to 4.7%. The middle area is 2.0%. Swinley Forest is 2.0%.
2.0%joint 7th lowest

Is Swinley Forest safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Swinley Forest at a rate of 42.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 65.0 per 1,000 people across Bracknell Forest.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 19 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Swinley Forest.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (71), shoplifting (40) and other crime (37).

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.

Figures for the whole of Bracknell Forest

These figures are published for the whole of Bracknell Forest, not for each ward, so they describe all of Bracknell Forest and not Swinley Forest alone. See Bracknell Forest

Average house price
£395,413
Down 1.4% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£43,206
84th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.2×
Joint 78th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
10.1
Joint 26th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Swinley Forest in brief

Swinley Forest had 5,962 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Swinley Forest live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Swinley Forest, 97.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Swinley Forest, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.