Swanage Area Guide | £381k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha

4,511

Households

White Brit. · 93%

Ethnicity

Christian · 54%

Religion

Least deprived 40⁠–⁠50%

Avg IMD

65

Crimes · Aug '26

£381,250

Median property price · Sep 2025⁠–⁠Aug 2026 · 166 sales

447

Postcodes

Sold prices in Swanage

England & Wales

Property sales · Swanage

HM Land Registry · Swanage

Average price

£439,130

Median price: £381,250

Median +7.9% vs prior 12 months

Standard sales only · Sep 2025–Aug 2026 · 166 sales

View district BH19

Recent sale price trend

Sep '25 – Aug '26Aug '26: 6 sales · avg £538,083

X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)

£538k£402k£265k

Sep '25Dec '25Mar '26Jun '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 Swanage

England & Wales

Crime trends · Swanage

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

25

YoY +39%

32207

Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26

ASB

16

YoY —

19112

Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26

Vehicle Crime

1

YoY —

420

Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26

Burglary

1

YoY —

530

Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26

Criminal damage

7

YoY —

950

Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26

Other recorded crime

15

YoY +50%

17102

Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26

0 of 6 key categories improving · other recorded crime rising

65

incidents · Aug '26

Demographics in Swanage

Ethnicity

Total residents: 9,420

White Brit.93.1%

Other White3.2%

Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group0.6%

White Irish0.6%

Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.4%

+ 12 other groups · 2.1%

Religion

Total residents: 9,427

Christian54.3%

No religion36.8%

Not answered7.1%

Other religion0.8%

Buddhist0.4%

+ 4 other religions · 0.6%

Age groups

Total residents: 9,426

50–6423.5%

65–7417.4%

35–4913.6%

75–8412.3%

25–347.9%

+ 6 other age groups · 25.3%

Households

Total households: 4,511

One person: aged 66+21.1%

Single family household, all members 66+17.4%

One person: other14.1%

Married or civil partnership couple: No children12.4%

Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children8.9%

+ 9 other households · 26.3%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Swanage

Area IMD profile

This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.

Least deprived 40–50%

Mean decile 5.96 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)

1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived

Overall this area reads as Least deprived 40–50% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 5.96 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Household income (MSOA)

Average household income for Dorset 042 (E02004268), financial year ending March 2023. This area sits inside that MSOA.

Financial year ending March 2023 · MSOA 2021 · Dorset 042 (E02004268)

This figure is the published estimate for one MSOA. It is shown because every live postcode in this area is in that MSOA. Areas that span more than one MSOA are left blank.

Total annual household income: £45,232
Disposable (net) annual household income: £34,534
Disposable (net) annual household income before housing costs (equivalised): £36,398
Disposable (net) annual household income after housing costs (equivalised): £34,606

Source: Office for National Statistics. Income estimates for small areas, England and Wales, financial year ending 2023.

Income estimates for small areas, England and Wales · Open Government Licence v3.0

Flood risk in Swanage

10% of postcodes (43 of 447) are in Flood Zone 3 and 3% in Zone 2, measured at each postcode's centre (EA Flood Map for Planning). Not a property-level assessment.

Zone 343 (10%)
Zone 214 (3%)
Zone 1390 (87%)

Environment Agency flood map for planning · © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right · Open Government Licence v3.0

Amenities in Swanage

152 mapped places in this local authority

52 GPs · 52 Museums · 31 Libraries · 152 in all

GPs52
Museums52
Libraries31
Hospitals17

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

School applications

We've matched this area to Dorset.

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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.

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Schools in Swanage

Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Swanage

Dorset · BH19 1QE

PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11FSM 19%

Swanage St Mark's Church of England Primary School

Dorset · BH19 2PH

PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11FSM 41%

The Swanage School

Dorset · BH19 2PH

SecondaryStateMixed · Ages 11–16FSM 33%

Swanage Primary School

Dorset · BH19 2EY

PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11FSM 18%

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School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.

Overview of Swanage

Coordinates50.6104, -1.9639

Postcodes

447

Census 2021

9,426

Households (Census)

4,511

Recorded crime · Aug '26

65

Postcode Districts in Swanage

Postcodes in Swanage

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