Swale Area Guide | £306k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha

Swale

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
151,637
Households
60,509
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 5.8 per 1k
60,509
Households
White Brit. · 89%
Ethnicity
Christian · 47%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 5.8 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£306,077
Median property price
£1,008
Median rent
4,115
Postcodes
60,509
Households
White Brit. · 89%
Ethnicity
Christian · 47%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 5.8 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£306,077
Median property price
£1,008
Median rent
4,115
Postcodes

Sold prices in Swale

England & Wales
Property sales · Swale
HM Land Registry · Swale
Average price
£318,177
YoY: -3.1%
Median price: £307,337
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 76 sales · avg £336,540
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£352k£322k£293k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '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 Swale

England & Wales
Crime trends · Swale

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 yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
315
YoY -15%
370315259
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
238
YoY +32%
25617594
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
36
YoY +33%
483317
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
17
YoY -15%
30197
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
74
YoY -27%
1199061
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

3 of 5 key categories improving · vehicle crime rising

885
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Swale

High flood risk in part of this area

3 of 9 sampled points in Zone 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 3 is land with a 1 in 100 (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Tidal Models · Tidal Models and Tidal Events

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

School applications

We've matched this area to Kent.

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

Swale is the district council. School applications go through Kent.

Apply for a primary place via Kent

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.

Transport in Swale

Teynham is a 31-minute walk from the centre

Rail · 2.4 km

  • Teynham

    Rail

    2.4 km
  • Kemsley

    Rail

    4.0 km
  • Sittingbourne

    Rail

    4.1 km

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · rail, Underground, tram, and ferry only

Amenities in Swale

GPs make up most of the mapped places

19 GPs · 8 Libraries · 6 Museums · 37 in all

  • GPs19
  • Libraries8
  • Museums6
  • Hospitals4

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

Private rents in Swale

Median private rent

£1,008/month

VOA / ONS Price Index of Private Rents · as of 2026-05-31 — 2-bed median where published.

£763
1 bed
£1,008
2 bed
£1,218
3 bed
£1,820
4 bed

VOA private rental statistics · local authority aggregate, not an asking rent

Overview of Swale

Coordinates51.3528, 0.7910
Postcodes
4,115
Population (Census)
151,637
Households (Census)
60,509
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 5.8 per 1k

Demographics in Swale

Ethnicity

Total residents: 151,669
White Brit.88.6%
Other White4.0%
African1.7%
+ other · 5.8%

Religion

Total residents: 151,686
Christian47.2%
No religion45.4%
Not answered5.2%
Muslim1.0%
+ other · 1.3%

Age groups

Total residents: 151,637
50–6419.9%
35–4918.9%
25–3413.1%
65–7410.5%
10–157.5%
+ 6 other age groups · 30.0%

Households

Total households: 60,509
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children13.8%
Other13.3%
Any member 66+13.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children11.3%
All members 66+10.1%
+ 8 other households · 38.5%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Swale

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 4.41 (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 4.41 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).