# SA5

Postcode district covering Swansea and Port Mead, in Swansea.

SA5 is a postcode district covering Swansea and Port Mead, in Swansea. Median sale price £160,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 90.0 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code SA5. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [SA](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an SA5 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £160,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SA5 was £160,000 in 2025. Joint 148th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa5#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 35,760** (2021). SA5 had 35,760 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 608th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa5#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 84%** (2022). About 84% of people in SA5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa5#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.4%** (January 2026). In SA5, 96.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa5#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=SA5) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 84% of people in SA5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=SA5) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 353 homes were sold in SA5 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=SA5) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for SA5.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=SA5) (Census 2021, England and Wales): SA5 had 35,760 usual residents at the census.

## How SA5 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | SA5 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £160,000 | 5th cheapest | 49 postcode districts, SA · 2025 |
| Population | 35,760 | 5th most populated | 52 postcode districts, SA · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 84% | 8th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 52 postcode districts, SA · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 96.4% | 3rd highest | 52 postcode districts, SA · Jan 2026 |

## Is SA5 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SA5 at a rate of 90.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.6 per 1,000 people across the SA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 306 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SA5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,269), other crime (652) and shoplifting (455).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SA5 was 95.5 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in SA5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SA5 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.

## Neighbourhoods in SA5

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Swansea 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea/neighbourhood/w01000820) | 1,393 | 124.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.6% |
| [Swansea 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea/neighbourhood/w01000821) | 1,472 | 57.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| [Swansea 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea/neighbourhood/w01000830) | 1,822 | 115.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Swansea 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea/neighbourhood/w01000832) | 1,589 | 132.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| [Swansea 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea/neighbourhood/w01000833) | 1,652 | 120.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Swansea 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea/neighbourhood/w01000834) | 1,444 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.0% |
| [Swansea 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea/neighbourhood/w01000836) | 2,407 | 119.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| [Swansea 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea/neighbourhood/w01000759) | 1,533 | 36.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.5% |
| [Swansea 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea/neighbourhood/w01000760) | 1,579 | 96.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.0% |
| [Swansea 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea/neighbourhood/w01000761) | 1,559 | 44.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.9% |
| [Swansea 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea/neighbourhood/w01000762) | 1,681 | 83.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Swansea 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea/neighbourhood/w01000831) | 1,741 | 96.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.1% |
| [Swansea 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea/neighbourhood/w01000835) | 1,452 | 107.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Swansea 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea/neighbourhood/w01000763) | 1,415 | 35.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.8% |
| [Swansea 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea/neighbourhood/w01000764) | 1,567 | 79.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.9% |
| [Swansea 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea/neighbourhood/w01000765) | 1,621 | 70.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| [Swansea 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea/neighbourhood/w01000766) | 1,496 | 35.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Swansea 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea/neighbourhood/w01000767) | 1,427 | 115.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| [Swansea 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea/neighbourhood/w01000755) | 1,984 | 124.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.0% |
| [Swansea 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea/neighbourhood/w01000756) | 1,465 | 127.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.6% |
| [Swansea 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea/neighbourhood/w01000757) | 1,434 | 132.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.2% |

## Your MP

- [Swansea West](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/swansea-west): Torsten Bell (Labour), MP since July 2024. 56% of the people here.
- [Gower](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/gower): Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour), MP since July 2024. 43% of the people here.
- [Neath and Swansea East](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/neath-and-swansea-east): Carolyn Harris (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.1% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in SA5

[Cockett](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea/cockett), [Cwmbwrla](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea/cwmbwrla), [Penderry](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea/penderry), [Ravenhill](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea/ravenhill)

## Postcode sectors in SA5

[SA5 4 (157 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa5-4), [SA5 5 (145 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa5-5), [SA5 7 (157 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa5-7), [SA5 8 (143 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa5-8), [SA5 9 (144 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa5-9)

## Council

[Swansea](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea)

## Towns in SA5

[Swansea](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swansea)

## Postcode districts next to SA5

[SA1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa1), [SA2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa2), [SA4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa4), [SA6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa6), [SA18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa18), [SA99](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa99)

## Nearest rail stations

[Pontarddulais (4.9 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-4.0455,51.7176)

## More in the SA postcode area

[All SA postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## SA5 in brief

SA5 is a postcode district covering Swansea and Port Mead, in Swansea.
About 36,639 people lived in SA5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £160,000 in 2025 across 353 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 90.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SA5 was £160,000 in 2025.
SA5 had 35,760 usual residents at the census.
About 84% of people in SA5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SA5, 96.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: SA5
- Postcode area: [SA](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa)
- Constituency: [Swansea West †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/swansea-west)
- Council: [Swansea †](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea)
- Area: 45.73 km²
- People, mid-2024: 36,639*
- Neighbourhoods: 21
- Output areas: 123

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[SA6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa6), [SA4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa4), [SA18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa18), [SA2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa2), [SA1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa1), [SA99](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa99)

## Latest updates for SA5

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/SA5

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa5, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa5#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa5