Swale 001A
NeighbourhoodNorth Swale. 1,548 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.2 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Swale 001A is in decile 1.
How Swale 001A compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Swale 001A safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Swale 001A at a rate of 560.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 232.9 per 1,000 people across Sheerness East.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 87 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Swale 001A.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (231), violence and sexual offences (203) and anti-social behaviour (195).
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 Swale
These figures are published for the whole of Swale, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Swale and not Swale 001A alone. See Swale
Swale 001A in brief
Swale 001A has a deprivation score of 77.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
Swale 001A had 1,433 usual residents at the census.
In Swale 001A, 73.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Swale 001A, 9.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.