# Swadlincote

Town in South Derbyshire, East Midlands.

Swadlincote is a town in South Derbyshire, East Midlands. Median sale price £220,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 81.4 per 1,000 people. About 36,877 people.

Town. Code E63002300. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [South Derbyshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire)

Swadlincote is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Swadlincote add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £220,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Swadlincote was £220,000 in 2025. Joint 314th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/swadlincote#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 34,569** (2021). Swadlincote had 34,569 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 322nd most populated of 1,209. 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/town/swadlincote#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 11%** (2022). About 11% of people in Swadlincote 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/town/swadlincote#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.5%** (January 2026). In Swadlincote, 97.5% 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/town/swadlincote#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63002300) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 11% of people in Swadlincote live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63002300) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 677 homes were sold in Swadlincote in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63002300) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Swadlincote.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63002300) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Swadlincote had 34,569 usual residents at the census.

## How Swadlincote compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Swadlincote | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £220,000 | joint 41st cheapest | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2025 |
| Population | 34,569 | 25th most populated | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 11% | 26th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.5% | joint 33rd highest | 105 towns, East Midlands · Jan 2026 |

## Is Swadlincote safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Swadlincote at a rate of 81.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.5 per 1,000 people across East Midlands.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 244 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Swadlincote.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,370), other crime (515) and anti-social behaviour (334).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Swadlincote was 89.8 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 Swadlincote, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Swadlincote has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Swadlincote

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [South Derbyshire 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01019844) | 1,529 | 78.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| [South Derbyshire 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01019856) | 1,459 | 86.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| [South Derbyshire 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01019857) | 1,410 | 42.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| [South Derbyshire 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01019858) | 1,510 | 40.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.8% |
| [South Derbyshire 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01019859) | 1,652 | 43.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.0% |
| [South Derbyshire 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01019860) | 1,158 | 83.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [South Derbyshire 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01019861) | 1,740 | 76.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [South Derbyshire 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01019862) | 1,642 | 88.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.4% |
| [South Derbyshire 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01019863) | 1,530 | 84.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [South Derbyshire 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01019864) | 1,361 | 94.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| [South Derbyshire 008F](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01019865) | 1,258 | 81.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [South Derbyshire 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01019876) | 1,840 | 88.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.2% |
| [South Derbyshire 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01019877) | 2,076 | 318.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 86.4% |
| [South Derbyshire 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01019878) | 1,456 | 46.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.4% |
| [South Derbyshire 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01019879) | 2,078 | 56.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.9% |
| [South Derbyshire 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01019837) | 2,037 | 100.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.6% |
| [South Derbyshire 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01019838) | 1,494 | 57.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| [South Derbyshire 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01033536) | 1,833 | 70.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.0% |
| [South Derbyshire 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01033537) | 1,617 | 57.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| [South Derbyshire 012F](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01034654) | 1,803 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.1% |
| [South Derbyshire 012G](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01034655) | 1,656 | 50.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.9% |
| [South Derbyshire 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01033535) | 1,497 | 34.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |

## Your MP

- [South Derbyshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-derbyshire): Samantha Niblett (Labour), MP since July 2024.

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

## Council

[South Derbyshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire)

## Postcode districts covering Swadlincote

[DE11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de11)

## Middle areas in Swadlincote

[Swadlincote Central](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/swadlincote-central), [Swadlincote North](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/swadlincote-north), [Swadlincote South](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/swadlincote-south), [Swadlincote West](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/swadlincote-west)

## Towns near Swadlincote

[Burton upon Trent](https://openindex.co.uk/town/burton-upon-trent), [Ashby-de-la-Zouch](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashby-de-la-zouch), [Hilton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hilton), [Derby](https://openindex.co.uk/derby), [Coalville](https://openindex.co.uk/town/coalville), [Whitwick](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitwick)

## Swadlincote in brief

Swadlincote is a town in South Derbyshire, East Midlands.
About 36,877 people lived in Swadlincote in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £220,000 in 2025 across 677 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 81.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Swadlincote was £220,000 in 2025.
Swadlincote had 34,569 usual residents at the census.
About 11% of people in Swadlincote live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Swadlincote, 97.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63002300
- Constituency: [South Derbyshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-derbyshire)
- Council: [South Derbyshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire)
- Region: [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/east-midlands)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 9.36 km²
- People, mid-2024: 36,877*
- Neighbourhoods: 22
- Output areas: 108

* 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 and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Burton upon Trent](https://openindex.co.uk/town/burton-upon-trent), [Ashby-de-la-Zouch](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashby-de-la-zouch), [Hilton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hilton), [Derby](https://openindex.co.uk/derby), [Coalville](https://openindex.co.uk/town/coalville), [Whitwick](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitwick)

## Latest updates for Swadlincote

- 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/E63002300

## How to cite

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

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/swadlincote