Swallownest and Aston
TownTown in Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber.
Swallownest and Aston is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Swallownest and Aston 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.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 66% of people in Swallownest and Aston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Swallownest and Aston compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Swallownest and Aston safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Swallownest and Aston at a rate of 73.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 108.4 per 1,000 people across Yorkshire and The Humber.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 84 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Swallownest and Aston.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (444), anti-social behaviour (265) and other crime (170).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Swallownest and Aston was 86.9 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 Swallownest and Aston, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Swallownest and Aston has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Swallownest and Aston
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotherham 026A | 1,264 | 63.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.4% |
| Rotherham 027H | 1,067 | 101.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.1% |
| Rotherham 030A | 1,534 | 119.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.3% |
| Rotherham 030B | 1,581 | 178.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.7% |
| Rotherham 030C | 1,447 | 35.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.4% |
| Rotherham 030D | 1,428 | 51.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.0% |
| Rotherham 030E | 1,389 | 29.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Rotherham 030F | 1,548 | 71.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Rotherham 031A | 2,046 | 65.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| Rotherham 031B | 2,100 | 38.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
Your MP
- Jake RichardsLabourMP for Rother Valley
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Swallownest and Aston2
Middle areas in Swallownest and Aston1
Towns near Swallownest and Aston6
Swallownest and Aston in brief
Swallownest and Aston is a town in Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber.
About 15,090 people lived in Swallownest and Aston in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £215,000 in 2025 across 183 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 73.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Swallownest and Aston was £215,000 in 2025.
Swallownest and Aston had 14,912 usual residents at the census.
About 66% of people in Swallownest and Aston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Swallownest and Aston, 98.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.