Swaffham Area Guide | £260k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
11,991
Households
3,966
Crimes · Aug '26
56
3,966
Households
White Brit. · 91%
Ethnicity
Christian · 53%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
56
Crimes · Aug '26
£260,000
Median property price
302
Postcodes
3,966
Households
White Brit. · 91%
Ethnicity
Christian · 53%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
56
Crimes · Aug '26
£260,000
Median property price
302
Postcodes

Sold prices in Swaffham

England & Wales
Property sales · Swaffham
HM Land Registry · Swaffham
Average price
£253,406
YoY: -0.1%
Median price: £230,498
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Sep '24 – Aug '26Aug '26: 3 sales · avg £217,833
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£304k£261k£218k
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Swaffham

England & Wales
Crime trends · Swaffham

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearSep '24 – Aug '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
30
YoY stable
392714
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
ASB
7
YoY —
20123
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Vehicle Crime
2
YoY —
630
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Burglary
1
YoY —
420
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Criminal damage
0
YoY —
950
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26

0 of 5 key categories improving

56
incidents · Aug '26

Demographics in Swaffham

Ethnicity

Total residents: 8,573
White Brit.91.4%
Other White4.3%
+ other · 4.3%

Religion

Total residents: 8,559
Christian53.0%
No religion38.7%
Not answered6.3%
+ other · 1.9%

Age groups

Total residents: 11,991
75–8471.5%
16–198.5%
20–243.9%
35–493.9%
25–343.5%
+ 3 other age groups · 8.7%

Households

Total households: 3,966
Any member 66+18.8%
All members 66+16.9%
Other13.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children12.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children9.2%
+ 7 other households · 29.1%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Swaffham

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 4.22 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 4.22 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Swaffham

No high or medium flood zones in the sample

9 sampled points outside Zones 2 and 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

None of the sample points sit in published Zone 2 or Zone 3.

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

Amenities in Swaffham

GPs make up most of the mapped places

24 GPs · 12 Museums · 6 Libraries · 45 in all

  • GPs24
  • Museums12
  • Libraries6
  • Hospitals3

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

School applications

We've matched this area to Norfolk.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Breckland is the district council. School applications go through Norfolk.

Last published allocation

None of the schools listed here has a published last-distance figure, so we cannot compare a postcode with last year's allocation. We do not draw catchment maps in this list; where we hold a council's map, it is on the school's page.

Apply for a primary place via Norfolk

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Overview of Swaffham

Coordinates52.6442, 0.6896
Postcodes
302
Population (Census)
11,991
Households (Census)
3,966
Recorded crime · Aug '26
56

Postcode Districts in Swaffham

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