# Swanage Town in Dorset, South West. Swanage is a town in Dorset, South West. Median sale price £350,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 50.5 per 1,000 people. About 9,069 people. Town. Code E63006818. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset) Swanage is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Swanage 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: £350,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Swanage was £350,000 in 2025. Joint 267th 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/swanage#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 9,115** (2021). Swanage had 9,115 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 165th 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/swanage#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 3%** (2022). About 3% of people in Swanage 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/swanage#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 68.3%** (January 2026). In Swanage, 68.3% 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/swanage#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63006818) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 3% of people in Swanage 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=E63006818) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 177 homes were sold in Swanage in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63006818) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Swanage. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63006818) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Swanage had 9,115 usual residents at the census. ## How Swanage compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Swanage | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £350,000 | joint 19th most expensive | 116 towns, South West · 2025 | | Population | 9,115 | 17th least populated | 116 towns, South West · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 3% | 12th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 116 towns, South West · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 68.3% | 8th lowest | 116 towns, South West · Jan 2026 | ## Is Swanage safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Swanage at a rate of 50.5 per 1,000 people. That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across South West. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 62 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Swanage. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (188), anti-social behaviour (109) and other crime (62). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Swanage was 45.4 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 Swanage, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Swanage has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Swanage | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Dorset 042A](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020478) | 1,110 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.7% | | [Dorset 042B](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020479) | 1,128 | 82.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 35.4% | | [Dorset 042C](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020480) | 1,696 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 60.9% | | [Dorset 042D](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020481) | 1,326 | 52.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 61.0% | | [Dorset 042E](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020482) | 1,561 | 61.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 80.7% | | [Dorset 042F](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020483) | 1,185 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 84.7% | | [Dorset 042G](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020484) | 1,422 | 42.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 79.5% | ## Your MP - [South Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-dorset): Lloyd Hatton (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 [Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset) ## Postcode districts covering Swanage [BH19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh19) ## Middle areas in Swanage [Swanage](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/swanage) ## Towns near Swanage [Poole](https://openindex.co.uk/town/poole), [Bournemouth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bournemouth), [Upton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/upton), [Corfe Mullen](https://openindex.co.uk/town/corfe-mullen), [Christchurch](https://openindex.co.uk/town/christchurch), [Wimborne Minster](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wimborne-minster) ## Swanage in brief Swanage is a town in Dorset, South West. About 9,069 people lived in Swanage in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £350,000 in 2025 across 177 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 50.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Swanage was £350,000 in 2025. Swanage had 9,115 usual residents at the census. About 3% of people in Swanage live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Swanage, 68.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63006818 - Constituency: [South Dorset †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-dorset) - Council: [Dorset †](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset) - Region: [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 3.39 km² - People, mid-2024: 9,069* - Neighbourhoods: 7 - Output areas: 35 * 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 [Poole](https://openindex.co.uk/town/poole), [Bournemouth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bournemouth), [Upton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/upton), [Corfe Mullen](https://openindex.co.uk/town/corfe-mullen), [Christchurch](https://openindex.co.uk/town/christchurch), [Wimborne Minster](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wimborne-minster) ## Latest updates for Swanage - 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/E63006818 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/swanage, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/swanage#f-house-sales-median-price. 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