# Swanley Town in Sevenoaks, South East. Swanley is a town in Sevenoaks, South East. Median sale price £411,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 91.0 per 1,000 people. About 17,932 people. Town. Code E63005135. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Sevenoaks](https://openindex.co.uk/sevenoaks) Swanley is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Swanley 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: £411,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Swanley was £411,500 in 2025. 175th 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/swanley#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 17,209** (2021). Swanley had 17,209 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 595th 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/swanley#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 78%** (2022). About 78% of people in Swanley 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/swanley#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 88.8%** (January 2026). In Swanley, 88.8% 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/swanley#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63005135) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 78% of people in Swanley 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=E63005135) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 240 homes were sold in Swanley in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63005135) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Swanley. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63005135) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Swanley had 17,209 usual residents at the census. ## How Swanley compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Swanley | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £411,500 | 91st most expensive | 209 towns, South East · 2025 | | Population | 17,209 | 95th least populated | 209 towns, South East · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 78% | joint 71st most people in radon Affected Areas | 209 towns, South East · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 88.8% | joint 86th lowest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 | ## Is Swanley safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Swanley at a rate of 91.0 per 1,000 people. That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across South East. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 157 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Swanley. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (552), anti-social behaviour (321) and other crime (233). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Swanley was 85.0 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 Swanley, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Swanley has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood - Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Swanley | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Sevenoaks 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/sevenoaks/neighbourhood/e01024472) | 1,490 | 84.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 75.9% | | [Sevenoaks 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/sevenoaks/neighbourhood/e01024479) | 1,553 | 56.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.3% | | [Sevenoaks 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/sevenoaks/neighbourhood/e01024476) | 1,756 | 150.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% | | [Sevenoaks 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/sevenoaks/neighbourhood/e01024477) | 1,557 | 209.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 83.9% | | [Sevenoaks 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/sevenoaks/neighbourhood/e01024478) | 1,543 | 62.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.0% | | [Sevenoaks 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/sevenoaks/neighbourhood/e01024480) | 1,840 | 109.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.6% | | [Sevenoaks 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/sevenoaks/neighbourhood/e01024481) | 1,631 | 66.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.2% | | [Sevenoaks 002F](https://openindex.co.uk/sevenoaks/neighbourhood/e01024482) | 1,586 | 88.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 76.3% | | [Sevenoaks 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/sevenoaks/neighbourhood/e01024473) | 1,601 | 44.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.3% | | [Sevenoaks 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/sevenoaks/neighbourhood/e01024474) | 1,660 | 23.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% | | [Sevenoaks 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/sevenoaks/neighbourhood/e01024475) | 1,605 | 90.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 77.0% | ## Your MP - [Sevenoaks](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/sevenoaks): Laura Trott (Conservative), 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 [Sevenoaks](https://openindex.co.uk/sevenoaks) ## Postcode districts covering Swanley [BR8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br8) ## Middle areas in Swanley [Swanley South & Crockenhill](https://openindex.co.uk/sevenoaks/swanley-south-and-crockenhill), [Swanley West](https://openindex.co.uk/sevenoaks/swanley-west) ## Towns near Swanley [Bexley](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley), [Bromley](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley), [Dartford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dartford), [Greenwich](https://openindex.co.uk/greenwich), [Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/longfield-new-ash-green-and-hartley), [Swanscombe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swanscombe) ## Swanley in brief Swanley is a town in Sevenoaks, South East. About 17,932 people lived in Swanley in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £411,500 in 2025 across 240 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 91.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Swanley was £411,500 in 2025. Swanley had 17,209 usual residents at the census. About 78% of people in Swanley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Swanley, 88.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63005135 - Constituency: [Sevenoaks †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/sevenoaks) - Council: [Sevenoaks †](https://openindex.co.uk/sevenoaks) - Region: [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-east) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 3.77 km² - People, mid-2024: 17,932* - Neighbourhoods: 11 - Output areas: 53 * 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 [Bexley](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley), [Bromley](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley), [Dartford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dartford), [Greenwich](https://openindex.co.uk/greenwich), [Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/longfield-new-ash-green-and-hartley), [Swanscombe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swanscombe) ## Latest updates for Swanley - 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/E63005135 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/swanley, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/swanley#f-house-sales-median-price. 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