Swaffham

Swaffham is covered by postcode district PE37. It is in the Breckland council area, Norfolk.

Typical price £240,000 Homes sold in Swaffham, last 12 months. 0% on the year before Gigabit broadband 160 of 277 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 6 3 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Swaffham, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Swaffham, by flood risk Of the 281 postcodes in Swaffham that ONS places, 281 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Swaffham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A47 PE37 7AA: not on the flood risk listPE37 7AB: not on the flood risk listPE37 7AE: not on the flood risk listPE37 7AJ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7AN: not on the flood risk listPE37 7AQ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7AU: not on the flood risk listPE37 7AX: not on the flood risk listPE37 7AY: not on the flood risk listPE37 7AZ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7BB: not on the flood risk listPE37 7BE: not on the flood risk listPE37 7BF: not on the flood risk listPE37 7BG: not on the flood risk listPE37 7BH: not on the flood risk listPE37 7BJ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7BN: not on the flood risk listPE37 7BP: not on the flood risk listPE37 7BQ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7BT: not on the flood risk listPE37 7BU: not on the flood risk listPE37 7BW: not on the flood risk listPE37 7BX: not on the flood risk listPE37 7BY: not on the flood risk listPE37 7BZ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7DA: not on the flood risk listPE37 7DB: not on the flood risk listPE37 7DD: not on the flood risk listPE37 7DE: not on the flood risk listPE37 7DF: not on the flood risk listPE37 7DG: not on the flood risk listPE37 7DJ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7DN: not on the flood risk listPE37 7DP: not on the flood risk listPE37 7DQ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7DR: not on the flood risk listPE37 7DS: not on the flood risk listPE37 7DT: not on the flood risk listPE37 7DU: not on the flood risk listPE37 7DW: not on the flood risk listPE37 7DX: not on the flood risk listPE37 7DY: not on the flood risk listPE37 7DZ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7EA: not on the flood risk listPE37 7EB: not on the flood risk listPE37 7ED: not on the flood risk listPE37 7EE: not on the flood risk listPE37 7EF: not on the flood risk listPE37 7EG: not on the flood risk listPE37 7EH: not on the flood risk listPE37 7EJ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7EL: not on the flood risk listPE37 7EN: not on the flood risk listPE37 7EP: not on the flood risk listPE37 7EQ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7ER: not on the flood risk listPE37 7ES: not on the flood risk listPE37 7ET: not on the flood risk listPE37 7EU: not on the flood risk listPE37 7EW: not on the flood risk listPE37 7EX: not on the flood risk listPE37 7EY: not on the flood risk listPE37 7EZ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7FA: not on the flood risk listPE37 7FB: not on the flood risk listPE37 7FD: not on the flood risk listPE37 7FE: not on the flood risk listPE37 7FF: not on the flood risk listPE37 7GA: not on the flood risk listPE37 7GB: not on the flood risk listPE37 7GD: not on the flood risk listPE37 7GE: not on the flood risk listPE37 7HA: not on the flood risk listPE37 7HE: not on the flood risk listPE37 7HF: not on the flood risk listPE37 7HG: not on the flood risk listPE37 7HH: not on the flood risk listPE37 7HJ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7HL: not on the flood risk listPE37 7HN: not on the flood risk listPE37 7HP: not on the flood risk listPE37 7HQ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7HR: not on the flood risk listPE37 7HS: not on the flood risk listPE37 7HT: not on the flood risk listPE37 7HW: not on the flood risk listPE37 7HX: not on the flood risk listPE37 7HZ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7JA: not on the flood risk listPE37 7JB: not on the flood risk listPE37 7JD: not on the flood risk listPE37 7JE: not on the flood risk listPE37 7JF: not on the flood risk listPE37 7JG: not on the flood risk listPE37 7JH: not on the flood risk listPE37 7JJ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7JL: not on the flood risk listPE37 7JN: not on the flood risk listPE37 7JP: not on the flood risk listPE37 7JQ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7JR: not on the flood risk listPE37 7JS: not on the flood risk listPE37 7JU: not on the flood risk listPE37 7JW: not on the flood risk listPE37 7LA: not on the flood risk listPE37 7LE: not on the flood risk listPE37 7LF: not on the flood risk listPE37 7LH: not on the flood risk listPE37 7LJ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7LL: not on the flood risk listPE37 7LP: not on the flood risk listPE37 7LQ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7LS: not on the flood risk listPE37 7LT: not on the flood risk listPE37 7LU: not on the flood risk listPE37 7LX: not on the flood risk listPE37 7LY: not on the flood risk listPE37 7LZ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7NA: not on the flood risk listPE37 7NB: not on the flood risk listPE37 7ND: not on the flood risk listPE37 7NG: not on the flood risk listPE37 7NH: not on the flood risk listPE37 7NP: not on the flood risk listPE37 7NQ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7NR: not on the flood risk listPE37 7NS: not on the flood risk listPE37 7NT: not on the flood risk listPE37 7NX: not on the flood risk listPE37 7NY: not on the flood risk listPE37 7NZ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7PA: not on the flood risk listPE37 7PB: not on the flood risk listPE37 7PD: not on the flood risk listPE37 7PE: not on the flood risk listPE37 7PF: not on the flood risk listPE37 7PG: not on the flood risk listPE37 7PH: not on the flood risk listPE37 7PJ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7PL: not on the flood risk listPE37 7PQ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7PR: not on the flood risk listPE37 7PS: not on the flood risk listPE37 7PT: not on the flood risk listPE37 7PU: not on the flood risk listPE37 7QB: not on the flood risk listPE37 7QH: not on the flood risk listPE37 7QN: not on the flood risk listPE37 7QR: not on the flood risk listPE37 7QS: not on the flood risk listPE37 7QT: not on the flood risk listPE37 7QU: not on the flood risk listPE37 7QW: not on the flood risk listPE37 7QX: not on the flood risk listPE37 7QY: not on the flood risk listPE37 7QZ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7RA: not on the flood risk listPE37 7RB: not on the flood risk listPE37 7RD: not on the flood risk listPE37 7RE: not on the flood risk listPE37 7RF: not on the flood risk listPE37 7RG: not on the flood risk listPE37 7RH: not on the flood risk listPE37 7RJ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7RN: not on the flood risk listPE37 7RP: not on the flood risk listPE37 7RQ: not 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7TL: not on the flood risk listPE37 7TN: not on the flood risk listPE37 7TP: not on the flood risk listPE37 7TQ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7TR: not on the flood risk listPE37 7TS: not on the flood risk listPE37 7TT: not on the flood risk listPE37 7TU: not on the flood risk listPE37 7TW: not on the flood risk listPE37 7UG: not on the flood risk listPE37 7XA: not on the flood risk listPE37 7XB: not on the flood risk listPE37 7XD: not on the flood risk listPE37 7XF: not on the flood risk listPE37 7XG: not on the flood risk listPE37 7XJ: not on the flood risk listPE37 7XN: not on the flood risk listPE37 8BF: not on the flood risk listPE37 8BS: not on the flood risk listPE37 8BY: not on the flood risk listPE37 8BZ: not on the flood risk listPE37 8DB: not on the flood risk listPE37 8DD: not on the flood risk listPE37 8DE: not on the flood risk listPE37 8DH: not on the flood risk listPE37 8FB: not on the flood risk listPE37 8FD: not on the flood risk listPE37 8FG: not on the flood risk listPE37 8FH: not on the flood risk listPE37 8FJ: not on the flood risk listPE37 8FL: not on the flood risk listPE37 8FR: not on the flood risk listPE37 8FS: not on the flood risk listPE37 8FT: not on the flood risk listPE37 8FW: not on the flood risk listPE37 8FX: not on the flood risk listPE37 8FY: not on the flood risk listPE37 8FZ: not on the flood risk listPE37 8GD: not on the flood risk listPE37 8GE: not on the flood risk listPE37 8GF: not on the flood risk listPE37 8GG: not on the flood risk listPE37 8GH: not on the flood risk listPE37 8GJ: not on the flood risk listPE37 8GL: not on the flood risk listPE37 8GN: not on the flood risk listPE37 8GP: not on the flood risk listPE37 8GQ: not on the flood risk listPE37 8GR: not on the flood risk listPE37 8GS: not on the flood risk listPE37 8GT: not on the flood risk listPE37 8GU: not on the flood risk listPE37 8GW: not on the flood risk listPE37 8GX: not on the flood risk listPE37 8GY: not on the flood risk listPE37 8HF: not on the flood risk listPE37 8HG: not on the flood risk listPE37 8HJ: not on the flood risk listPE37 8HL: not on the flood risk listPE37 8HP: not on the flood risk listPE37 8HQ: not on the flood risk listPE37 8JE: not on the flood risk listPE37 8JF: not on the flood risk listPE37 8JG: not on the flood risk listPE37 8JH: not on the flood risk listPE37 8JJ: not on the flood risk listPE37 8JL: not on the flood risk listPE37 8JN: not on the flood risk listPE37 8JQ: not on the flood risk listPE37 8JT: not on the flood risk listPE37 8JX: not on the flood risk listPE37 8LQ: not on the flood risk listPE37 8LW: not on the flood risk listPE37 8NF: not on the flood risk listPE37 8NG: not on the flood risk listPE37 8NY: not on the flood risk listPE37 8NZ: not on the flood risk listPE37 8PA: not on the flood risk listPE37 8PB: not on the flood risk listPE37 8PD: not on the flood risk listPE37 8PE: not on the flood risk listPE37 8PF: not on the flood risk listPE37 8PG: not on the flood risk listPE37 8PJ: not on the flood risk list Swaffham Map of every postcode in Swaffham, by flood risk Of the 281 postcodes in Swaffham that ONS places, 281 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Swaffham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A47 Swaffham
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 281

Of the 281 postcodes in Swaffham that ONS places, 281 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.6441, longitude 0.6901. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

What is it like to live in Swaffham?

Homes sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 160 of the 277 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 281 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 3 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education and NHS England, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Swaffham?

Homes in Swaffham sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 141 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£240,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£240,000 12 months to August 2025
■ no change on the 12 months before
  • Detached £306,998 68 sales
  • Semi-detached £220,000 45 sales
  • Terraced £170,000 24 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole PE37 district, Swaffham's main postcode district: a typical £260,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Swaffham: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Swaffham?

30 of the 281 postcodes now in use in Swaffham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 31 of the 191 homes sold in Swaffham were newly built (16%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PE37 district, 24%.

The newest postcodes

PE37 8PJsince July 2025PE37 7FFsince December 2024PE37 8NGsince November 2023PE37 8NYsince November 2023PE37 8NZsince August 2023PE37 8FSsince June 2023

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn SwaffhamAcross the PE37 district
The 12 months to August 2026 2 of 141 (1%) 3 of 191 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 31 of 191 (16%) 67 of 279 (24%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Swaffham?

Ofcom reports on 277 of the 281 postcodes in Swaffham. At 160 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit160 of 277
Postcodes where every home can get superfast260 of 277

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Swaffham at risk of flooding?

None of the 281 postcodes in Swaffham is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Swaffham?

The open schools at the postcodes in Swaffham. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Swaffham?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Swaffham. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Swaffham safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 668 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Swaffham over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 67 September 2025
  2. 52 October 2025
  3. 63 November 2025
  4. 41 December 2025
  5. 40 January 2026
  6. 59 February 2026
  7. 51 March 2026
  8. 48 April 2026
  9. 58 May 2026
  10. 68 June 2026
  11. 65 July 2026
  12. 56 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences267 reports
Anti-social behaviour117 reports
Shoplifting72 reports
Criminal damage and arson52 reports
Other theft48 reports
Public order39 reports
Drugs21 reports
Other crime19 reports

Also: vehicle crime 14, burglary 11, possession of weapons 4, theft from the person 2, bicycle theft 1, robbery 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Swaffham?

District, borough or city council
Breckland
County council
Norfolk
Parliamentary constituency
South West Norfolk
Police force area
Norfolk
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Terry Jermy (Labour)

All 281 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

Moving to Swaffham

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Swaffham postcodes

281 postcodes in use in Swaffham, by district:

PE37 postcode district,281 postcodes

That district is in the PE postcode area.

Check a Swaffham postcode

Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Swaffham

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Swaffham's £240,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Necton5.9 km, £302,500Marham10.5 km, £190,000Watton12.9 km, £230,000Shipdham13.9 km, £295,000Dereham17.5 km, £235,000West Winch20.3 km, £310,000Watlington, King's Lynn and West Norfolk20.4 km, £235,000Feltwell20.9 km, £257,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Swaffham

What is it like to live in Swaffham?
Homes sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 160 of the 277 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 281 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 3 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education and NHS England, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Swaffham?
Swaffham is covered by postcode district PE37, across 281 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Swaffham in?
Swaffham is in the Breckland council area, and Norfolk is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Swaffham?
Swaffham is in the South West Norfolk parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Terry Jermy (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Swaffham?
Homes in Swaffham sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 141 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Swaffham?
In Swaffham, primary schools at its postcodes include Heartwood CofE VC Primary & Nursery School, Swaffham CofE Primary Academy and Swaffham Meadow Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Nicholas Hamond Academy, Fred Nicholson School and OneSchool Global UK - Swaffham Campus. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Swaffham?
Ofcom reports on 277 of the 281 postcodes in Swaffham. At 160 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Swaffham at risk of flooding?
None of the 281 postcodes in Swaffham is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Swaffham?
30 of the 281 postcodes now in use in Swaffham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 31 of the 191 homes sold in Swaffham were newly built (16%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PE37 district, 24%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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