Areas · Wales
Area guide · Wales
Swansea
How Swansea compares with every council area in England and Wales, on official figures only (249,429 people, mid-2025). Ranked 1st = best for someone living there. There is no overall score: the places are too different for one number to be honest.
Gigabit broadband
91.6%
121st fastest of 318
Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026
Average house price
£205,383
53rd most affordable of 317
HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, July 2026
Price change over 12 months
-0.2%
233rd fastest rising of 317
HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, July 2026
Fine particles (PM2.5)
4.8 µg/m³
13th cleanest of 318
Defra modelled background PM2.5, 2024 (WHO guideline 5 µg/m³)
Recorded crime
74.2 per 1,000
144th lowest of 283
ONS / Home Office police recorded crime, year ending March 2026
Deprivation rank
Wales measures deprivation on its own index (WIMD), which cannot be ranked against England.
Flood risk and road noise are not here because no official figure exists for a whole council area. Both vary street by street, which is what the free check reads.
Check a street in Swansea
These figures are for the whole area. The free check reads one postcode: flood, crime, noise and the station, in seconds.