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Swanley

Swanley is a town in Greater London, England, with a population of around 21,839. It has around 1 school, 2 GP surgeries, 3 pharmacies, and around 18 restaurants and cafés, along with 20 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Swanley, 0.7 km away. The average sold house price is around £420,696, and there were around 148 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Swanley area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Bromley area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 329,994 residents at roughly 2,198 people per km².

Council
Bromley
County
Greater London
Constituency
Orpington
Police force
Metropolitan Police
62/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 66th of 294 English council areas — better than 78% of them.

Low crime55
Home affordability10
Affordable rents18
Good schools90
Life expectancy94
Low deprivation72
Employment41
Low council tax94

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

20°CLight rain shower

  • Today: 24° / 14° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:23

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Bexley, United Kingdom

Crime

142 reported · July 2026 13% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences48
  • Shoplifting24
  • Anti-social behaviour23
  • Vehicle crime11

28 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Swanley St Mary's · Kent

Local policing priorities

  • Nuisance vehicles.
  • Nuisance antisocial behaviour.

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

558 reported road collisions (2024)

83 killed or seriously injured · 655 casualties · 16.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

99 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 82 rated 4–5 ★ (57 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Swanley (0.6 km)
  • 43 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Swanley (0.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£518,235 average 1.4% YoY

Across Bromley · to 2026-06

Detached£1,074,434
Semi-detached£660,212
Terraced£488,485
Flat£308,387

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,681 average monthly rent 2.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,309
  • 2 bed £1,638
  • 3 bed £1,986

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

12.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.1 times median annual pay (12.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · BP (2.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · ESSO (11.9 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

55 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 175 kW
  • Nearest: Asda Swanley Supercentre (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms2
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches11
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

329,994 residents in Bromley · 2,198/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 230 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,140 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (25% of 143,430)

A £1,427
B £1,664
C £1,902
D £2,140
E £2,616
F £3,091
G £3,567
H £4,280

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

120 schools · 57,429 pupils

76 primary · 19 secondary · 25 other

Ofsted: 40 of 41 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (98%)

100inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Hayes SchoolOutstanding
  • Newstead Wood SchoolOutstanding
  • Bullers Wood SchoolGood
  • Bullers Wood School for BoysGood
  • Charles Darwin SchoolGood
  • Darrick Wood SchoolGood
  • Harris Academy OrpingtonGood
  • Langley Park School for GirlsGood
  • Orion Eden ParkGood
  • The Ravensbourne SchoolGood
  • Bishop Justus CofE School
  • Chislehurst School for Girls
  • Harris Academy Beckenham
  • Harris Girls Academy Bromley
  • Kemnal Technology College
  • Langley Park School for Boys
  • Orion Coopers
  • Ravens Wood School
  • St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bromley

Care & health services

321 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes53
  • GP practices59
  • Dentists91
  • Homecare agencies88
  • Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bromley

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 15 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

522 applications decided

75.7% granted · 395 granted, 127 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Laura Trott

Conservative

Sevenoaks

Recent votes:

  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Lab 8
  • Con 35
  • LD 6
  • Ref 6
  • Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools10
  • GPs & clinics4
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens289
  • Restaurants & cafés33

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

16,030 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

276 jobs advertised · £39,331 avg

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Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£965 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£34,389 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 148,193 certificates

8.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

51% low-carbon electricity

Wind 39% · Imports 32% · Gas 17% · Nuclear 7%

86 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.9 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 67.7 women · 67.5 men

60% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sevenoaks:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Swanley · 0.3 km

    Swanley is a town and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England, 16 miles (26 km) southeast of central London, adjacent to the Greater London boundary and within the M25 motorway periphery. The populatio…

  • Orchards Academy · 0.3 km

    Orchards Academy is a mixed comprehensive secondary school located in Swanley in South East England.

  • Swanley railway station · 0.5 km

    Swanley railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Swanley, Kent. It is 17 miles 31 chains (28.0 km) down the line from London Victoria and is situated between St Mary Cray and Farning…

  • Swanley New Barn Railway · 0.9 km

    The Swanley New Barn Railway is a 7+1⁄4 in gauge railway located in Swanley Park, Swanley, Kent, United Kingdom. It is signalled throughout with the signals being controlled from New Barn Station which also serves as…

  • Orpington F.C. · 1.0 km

    Orpington Football Club is a county level football club based in Orpington, Greater London, although the club is based in Goddington Park in Orpington. The club is a FA Charter Standard Community Club.

  • Eltham Palace F.C. · 1.0 km

    Eltham Palace Football Club was a football club based in Chislehurst, Greater London, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Swanley?
Swanley is a town in Greater London, England, in the Bromley local authority.
What is the population of Swanley?
Swanley has an approximate settlement population of 21,839.
How deprived is Swanley?
The Bromley local authority, which includes Swanley, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.