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SA2

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Swansea, Uplands and Killay, in Swansea.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an SA2 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 55% of people in SA2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£270,000
Joint 895th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
36,583
571st most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
55%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How SA2 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

SA2Middle
Median sale price49 postcode districts, SA · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in SA49 areas from £140,000 to £440,000. The middle area is £225,000. SA2 is £270,000.
£270,000joint 8th most expensive
Population52 postcode districts, SA · 2021
Population: every postcode district in SA52 areas from 256 to 51,694. The middle area is 10,195. SA2 is 36,583.
36,5834th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares52 postcode districts, SA · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in SA52 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. SA2 is 55.0%.
55%5th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage52 postcode districts, SA · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in SA52 areas from 13.7% to 98.5%. The middle area is 75.2%. SA2 is 97.3%.
97.3%2nd highest

Is SA2 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SA2 at a rate of 51.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 86.6 per 1,000 people across the SA postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 164 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SA2.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (777), other crime (406) and shoplifting (201).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SA2 was 47.3 per 1,000 people.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Deprivation in SA2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SA2 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (Wales’s least deprived 10%): 13 neighbourhoods

Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.

Neighbourhoods in SA2

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Swansea 017D1,88973.5 per 1,000799.8%
Swansea 022A1,67993.8 per 1,0001098.1%
Swansea 022B1,50314.0 per 1,0001099.0%
Swansea 022C1,41939.9 per 1,0001099.6%
Swansea 022D1,74090.8 per 1,000295.3%
Swansea 022E1,90157.6 per 1,000690.8%
Swansea 024B1,10336.6 per 1,000999.4%
Swansea 024D1,37954.9 per 1,0009100.0%
Swansea 024E1,39828.1 per 1,0001098.0%
Swansea 024F1,791137.1 per 1,000996.5%
Swansea 026C1,529130.9 per 1,000798.8%
Swansea 026E1,62724.8 per 1,0009100.0%
Swansea 027A1,64428.5 per 1,0001097.1%
Swansea 027B1,40146.8 per 1,0001096.2%
Swansea 027C1,53326.4 per 1,0001088.0%
Swansea 027D1,95950.4 per 1,0001095.0%
Swansea 032A1,34632.0 per 1,000899.7%
Swansea 032B1,39415.6 per 1,0001093.1%
Swansea 032C2,23834.4 per 1,0001099.4%
Swansea 032D1,52525.0 per 1,0001099.7%
Swansea 032E1,62622.0 per 1,0001099.7%
Swansea 032F1,07320.3 per 1,0001099.5%
Swansea 032G1,30035.4 per 1,000897.3%

MPs for SA2

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Middle areas in SA24

Postcode sectors in SA24

Council1

Towns in SA21

Postcode districts next to SA24

Nearest rail stations2

More in the SA postcode area2

SA2 in brief

SA2 is a postcode district covering Swansea, Uplands and Killay, in Swansea.

About 38,420 people lived in SA2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £270,000 in 2025 across 511 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 51.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in SA2 was £270,000 in 2025.

SA2 had 36,583 usual residents at the census.

About 55% of people in SA2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In SA2, 97.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.