Swanley West
Middle areaNorth Sevenoaks. 10,304 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 68% of people in Swanley West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Swanley West
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Swanley West at a rate of 115.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 62.5 per 1,000 people across Sevenoaks.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 380 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 257 |
| Other crime | 165 |
| Shoplifting | 134 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 104 |
| Vehicle crime | 57 |
| Drug offences | 51 |
| Burglary | 23 |
| Robbery | 13 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Swanley West compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Swanley West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Swanley West at a rate of 115.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 62.5 per 1,000 people across Sevenoaks.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 113 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Swanley West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (380), anti-social behaviour (257) and other crime (165).
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 Sevenoaks
These figures are published for the whole of Sevenoaks, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Sevenoaks and not Swanley West alone. See Sevenoaks
Swanley West in brief
The median price paid for a home in Swanley West was £365,000 in 2025.
Swanley West had 9,913 usual residents at the census.
About 68% of people in Swanley West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Swanley West, 88.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.