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Kilnhurst & Swinton East

Ward

North Rotherham. About 8,195 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.8 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Kilnhurst & Swinton East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
7,886
Joint 3,477th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
93.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Kilnhurst & Swinton East compares

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

Kilnhurst & Swinton EastMiddle
Population25 wards, Rotherham · 2021
Population: every ward in Rotherham25 areas from 7,783 to 16,748. The middle area is 9,515. Kilnhurst & Swinton East is 7,886.
7,8862nd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares25 wards, Rotherham · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Rotherham25 areas from 3.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Kilnhurst & Swinton East is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage25 wards, Rotherham · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Rotherham25 areas from 88.1% to 99.8%. The middle area is 97.9%. Kilnhurst & Swinton East is 93.9%.
93.9%5th lowest
Claimant rate25 wards, Rotherham · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Rotherham25 areas from 1.6% to 7.6%. The middle area is 3.0%. Kilnhurst & Swinton East is 3.1%.
3.1%12th highest

Is Kilnhurst & Swinton East safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Kilnhurst & Swinton East at a rate of 65.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 110.9 per 1,000 people across Rotherham.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 57 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Kilnhurst & Swinton East.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (252), anti-social behaviour (88) and other crime (82).

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.

Figures for the whole of Rotherham

These figures are published for the whole of Rotherham, not for each ward, so they describe all of Rotherham and not Kilnhurst & Swinton East alone. See Rotherham

Average house price
£191,052
Up 0.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,713
48th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.5×
Joint 59th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
29.8
Joint 43rd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Kilnhurst & Swinton East in brief

Kilnhurst & Swinton East had 7,886 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Kilnhurst & Swinton East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Kilnhurst & Swinton East, 93.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Kilnhurst & Swinton East, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.