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Broadgreen

Ward

South west Swindon. About 8,778 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.2 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 Broadgreen live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
8,753
Joint 3,030th most 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
99.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Broadgreen compares

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

BroadgreenMiddle
Population25 wards, Swindon · 2021
Population: every ward in Swindon25 areas from 863 to 13,859. The middle area is 8,753. Broadgreen is 8,753.
8,75313th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares25 wards, Swindon · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Swindon25 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 4.0%. Broadgreen is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage25 wards, Swindon · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Swindon25 areas from 83.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 98.4%. Broadgreen is 99.8%.
99.8%joint 3rd highest
Claimant rate24 wards, Swindon · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Swindon24 areas from 1.9% to 6.4%. The middle area is 2.8%. Broadgreen is 4.7%.
4.7%7th highest

Is Broadgreen safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Broadgreen at a rate of 110.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across Swindon.

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

In August 2026 alone, 88 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Broadgreen.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (294), other crime (182) and anti-social behaviour (157).

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 Swindon

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

Average house price
£263,611
Up 2.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,900
163rd highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.8×
Joint 148th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
17.6
Joint 130th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Broadgreen in brief

Broadgreen had 8,753 usual residents at the census.

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

In Broadgreen, 99.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Broadgreen, 4.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.