4,513
Households
White Brit. · 93%
Ethnicity
Christian · 54%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
45 · 4.8 per 1k
Crimes · May '26
£333,750
Median property price
446
Postcodes
Overview of Swanage
Coordinates50.6104, -1.9640
Postcodes
446
Population (Census)
9,413
Households (Census)
4,513
Recorded crime · May '26
45 · 4.8 per 1k
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Swanage
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Low deprivation
Mean decile 6.57 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Low deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 6.57 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in Swanage
Property sales · Swanage
HM Land Registry · Swanage
Average price
£412,897
YoY: -1.6%
Median price: £349,136
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jun '24 – May '26May '26: 3 sales · avg £236,200
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£512k£374k£236k
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
Transactions are hidden by default.
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
Crime trends · Swanage
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJun '24 – May '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
25167
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
17
YoY stable
ASB
17102
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
11
YoY -8%
Vehicle Crime
420
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
1
YoY stable
Burglary
320
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
3
YoY +200%
Criminal damage
950
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
5
YoY +150%
Demographics in Swanage
Ethnicity
White Brit.93.1%
Other White3.2%
+ other · 3.7%
Religion
Christian54.3%
No religion36.8%
Not answered7.1%
+ other · 1.8%
Age groups
50–6423.5%
65–7417.4%
35–4913.6%
75–8412.3%
25–347.9%
+ 6 other age groups · 25.3%
Households
Any member 66+21.0%
All members 66+17.4%
Other14.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children12.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children8.9%
+ 7 other households · 26.2%
Schools in Swanage
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Swanage
Dorset · BH19 1QE
Good
0.8 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
Swanage Primary School
Dorset · BH19 2EY
Good
0.3 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11
Swanage St Mark's Church of England Primary School
Dorset · BH19 2PH
Good
0.9 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
The Swanage School
Dorset · BH19 2PH
Good
0.9 mi
SecondaryStateMixed · Ages 11–16
Purbeck View School
Dorset · BH19 1PR
0.3 mi
All-throughStateMixed · Ages 7–19
Swanage Primary School
Dorset · BH19 2EY
0.3 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in Swanage
Postcodes in Swanage
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