Swansea
Swansea is a council in Wales. 19 of the 24 figures Groundsense publishes are available here. Figures fetched 3 October 2026.
No council in England, Scotland or Wales has fewer people killed or seriously injured on its roads than Swansea: 13.4 per 100,000 residents a year. Only 12.7% of residents live within 1km of a station, the lowest share in Wales. Healthy life expectancy for women has fallen 5.3 years since 2011 to 2013, to 56.8. Burglary, 2.6 per 1,000 households, is lower than at 93% of councils in England and Wales. Two bedroom rent, £797, is up 6% in the year to August 2026 and the highest of its neighbours.
Furthest from the middle
- Killed or seriously injured on the roads, per 100,000 residents a year 13.4 The lowest of the 350 councils in England, Scotland and Wales it is published for. The lowest of the 22 councils in Wales.
- Healthy life expectancy at birth, women 56.8 yrs Lower than 86% of the 359 councils in the UK it is published for.
- Residents within 1km of a train, Underground or tram station 12.7% Lower than 82% of the 350 councils in England, Scotland and Wales it is published for. The lowest of the 22 councils in Wales.
Each line runs from the council with the lowest figure to the one with the highest. The dot is Swansea and the tick is the council in the middle.
Cost of living
Published for England only. How this is measured
Housing
Lower than 77% of the 360 councils in the UK it is published for.
Up 0.2% since June 2025
UK House Price Index · June 2026 · How this is measured
Lower than 69% of the 316 councils in England and Wales it is published for.
5th highest of the 22 councils in Wales.
Up 6% since August 2025
ONS Price Index of Private Rents · August 2026 · How this is measured
Lower than 79% of the 348 councils in England, Scotland and Wales it is published for.
UK House Price Index average price (June 2026) over ASHE median gross annual pay, full time workers (2025) · June 2026 prices, 2025 pay · How this is measured
Lower than 65% of the 318 councils in England and Wales it is published for.
ONS, Energy efficiency of housing, median score by local authority, from MHCLG certificates · to March 2025 · How this is measured
Transport
Higher than 67% of the 329 councils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland it is published for.
Joint 4th highest of the 22 councils in Wales.
Census 2021: ONS TS045 for England and Wales, NISRA for Northern Ireland · 2021 · How this is measured
Lower than 82% of the 350 councils in England, Scotland and Wales it is published for.
The lowest of the 22 councils in Wales.
DfT NaPTAN active stations, read at every census area · October 2026 · How this is measured
Amenities
Lower than 58% of the 358 councils in the UK it is published for.
4th highest of the 22 councils in Wales.
Food Standards Agency register of food businesses, read at every census area · October 2026 · How this is measured
Lower than 50% of the 318 councils in England and Wales it is published for.
NHS organisation register, dispensing contractors, read at every census area · October 2026 · How this is measured
Higher than 61% of the 359 councils in the UK it is published for.
Ofcom Connected Nations 2025, fixed broadband residential coverage by local authority · July 2025 · How this is measured
Education
Published for England only. How this is measured
Published for England only. How this is measured
Health
Published for England only. How this is measured
Published for England only. How this is measured
Safety
Higher than 56% of the 305 councils in England and Wales it is published for.
Up 2.2% since 2022-23
Home Office recorded crime by community safety partnership, over ONS population estimates for June 2025 · 2025-26 · How this is measured
Lower than 93% of the 305 councils in England and Wales it is published for.
5th lowest of the 22 councils in Wales.
Home Office recorded crime by community safety partnership, over Census 2021 household counts · 2025-26 · How this is measured
The lowest of the 350 councils in England, Scotland and Wales it is published for.
The lowest of the 22 councils in Wales.
DfT RAS0403, adjusted casualties by highway authority, 2023 to 2025, over ONS population estimates for June 2025 · 2023 to 2025 · How this is measured
Community
Lower than 80% of the 318 councils in England and Wales it is published for.
3rd lowest of the 22 councils in Wales.
ONS Census 2021, TS019 Migrant indicator · 2021 · How this is measured
Higher than 64% of the 361 councils in the UK it is published for.
Up 5.9% since 2021
ONS UK Business Counts, SIC 56301 and 56302, over ONS population estimates for June 2025 · 2026 · How this is measured
Wellbeing
Higher than 50% of the 347 councils in the UK it is published for.
ONS, personal wellbeing estimates by local authority · 2022-23 · How this is measured
Higher than 78% of the 347 councils in the UK it is published for.
ONS, personal wellbeing estimates by local authority · 2022-23 · How this is measured
Lower than 86% of the 359 councils in the UK it is published for.
Down 5.3 years since 2011 to 2013
ONS, Healthy life expectancy, UK · 2022 to 2024 · How this is measured
Environment
Higher than 69% of the 343 councils in England, Scotland and Wales it is published for.
4th highest of the 22 councils in Wales.
ONS, Access to public parks and playing fields, from OS Open Greenspace · April 2020 · How this is measured
Lower than 67% of the 361 councils in the UK it is published for.
6th highest of the 22 councils in Wales.
Down 34% since 2019
Defra Pollution Climate Mapping, background NO2 on the 1km grid, read at every census area · 2024 · How this is measured
Next door, side by side
Swansea shares a boundary with Carmarthenshire and Neath Port Talbot. Lowest first.
- Average monthly rent, two bedrooms
- Neath Port Talbot£634
- Carmarthenshire£647
- Swansea£797
- Average house price, all homes
- Neath Port Talbot£163k
- Carmarthenshire£198k
- Swansea£206k
- Recorded crime per 1,000 residents
- Carmarthenshire66.2
- Neath Port Talbot67.8
- Swansea74.8
- Nitrogen dioxide where people live, annual mean
- Carmarthenshire3.7 µg/m³
- Neath Port Talbot6 µg/m³
- Swansea6.6 µg/m³
- Residents within 1km of a train, Underground or tram station
- Swansea12.7%
- Neath Port Talbot26.4%
- Carmarthenshire27.3%
What changed
- Average house price, change over a year, June 2025 to June 2026Up 0.2% since June 2025
- Two bedroom rent, change over a year, August 2025 to August 2026Up 6% since August 2025
- Recorded crime, change in the count, 2022-23 to 2025-26Up 2.2% since 2022-23
- Healthy life expectancy for women, change, between 2011 to 2013 and 2022 to 2024Down 5.3 years since 2011 to 2013
- Pubs, bars and licensed clubs, change in the count, 2021 to 2026Up 5.9% since 2021
- Nitrogen dioxide where people live, change, 2019 to 2024Down 34% since 2019
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