# Swaffham Town in Breckland, East of England. Swaffham is a town in Breckland, East of England. Median sale price £265,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 71.0 per 1,000 people. About 9,394 people. Town. Code E63002537. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Breckland](https://openindex.co.uk/breckland) Swaffham is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Swaffham 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: £265,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Swaffham was £265,000 in 2025. Joint 538th most expensive 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/swaffham#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 8,434** (2021). Swaffham had 8,434 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 102nd least 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/swaffham#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Swaffham 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/swaffham#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 75.4%** (January 2026). In Swaffham, 75.4% 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/town/swaffham#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63002537) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Swaffham 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=E63002537) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 198 homes were sold in Swaffham in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63002537) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Swaffham. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63002537) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Swaffham had 8,434 usual residents at the census. ## How Swaffham compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Swaffham | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £265,000 | joint 28th cheapest | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 | | Population | 8,434 | 13th least populated | 130 towns, East of England · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 130 towns, East of England · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 75.4% | 8th lowest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 | ## Is Swaffham safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Swaffham at a rate of 71.0 per 1,000 people. That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across East of England. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 56 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Swaffham. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (267), anti-social behaviour (117) and other crime (111). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Swaffham was 73.1 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 Swaffham, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Swaffham has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Swaffham | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Breckland 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/breckland/neighbourhood/e01026456) | 1,197 | 49.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 81.9% | | [Breckland 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/breckland/neighbourhood/e01026457) | 1,320 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 73.0% | | [Breckland 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/breckland/neighbourhood/e01026458) | 1,729 | 47.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.8% | | [Breckland 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/breckland/neighbourhood/e01026459) | 1,535 | 90.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 68.1% | | [Breckland 007F](https://openindex.co.uk/breckland/neighbourhood/e01035133) | 1,232 | 171.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 50.1% | | [Breckland 007G](https://openindex.co.uk/breckland/neighbourhood/e01035134) | 1,552 | 56.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.2% | ## Your MP - [South West Norfolk](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-west-norfolk): Terry Jermy (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 [Breckland](https://openindex.co.uk/breckland) ## Postcode districts covering Swaffham [PE37](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe37) ## Middle areas in Swaffham [Swaffham](https://openindex.co.uk/breckland/swaffham) ## Towns near Swaffham [Watton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/watton), [Dereham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dereham), [King's Lynn](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kings-lynn), [Downham Market](https://openindex.co.uk/town/downham-market), [Brandon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brandon-west-suffolk), [Fakenham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/fakenham) ## Swaffham in brief Swaffham is a town in Breckland, East of England. About 9,394 people lived in Swaffham in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £265,000 in 2025 across 198 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 71.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Swaffham was £265,000 in 2025. Swaffham had 8,434 usual residents at the census. About 0% of people in Swaffham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Swaffham, 75.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63002537 - Constituency: [South West Norfolk †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-west-norfolk) - Council: [Breckland †](https://openindex.co.uk/breckland) - Region: [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/east-of-england) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 3.04 km² - People, mid-2024: 9,394* - Neighbourhoods: 6 - Output areas: 29 * 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 [Watton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/watton), [Dereham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dereham), [King's Lynn](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kings-lynn), [Downham Market](https://openindex.co.uk/town/downham-market), [Brandon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brandon-west-suffolk), [Fakenham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/fakenham) ## Latest updates for Swaffham - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. - GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63002537 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/swaffham, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/swaffham#f-house-sales-median-price. 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