Swanscombe
Swanscombe is covered by postcode districts DA2, DA9 and DA10. It is in the Dartford council area, Kent.
Every postcode in Swanscombe, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 12
- In use before 2020: 336
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 348 postcodes in Swanscombe that ONS places, 12 are new since 2020 and 336 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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 51.4478, longitude 0.2934. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. DA9 9YW, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Swanscombe?
Homes sold for a typical £335,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. At 307 of the 348 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 39 of its 348 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Swanscombe Health Centre, 2.6 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Greenhithe for Bluewater, 950 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
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, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Swanscombe?
Homes in Swanscombe sold for a typical £335,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 195 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £320,000 from 277 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £537,500 16 sales
- Semi-detached £388,500 40 sales
- Terraced £340,000 91 sales
- Flat or maisonette £222,250 48 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole DA9 district, Swanscombe's main postcode district: a typical £335,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Swanscombe: 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 Swanscombe?
12 of the 348 postcodes now in use in Swanscombe came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 10 of the 277 homes sold in Swanscombe were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DA9 district, 21%.
The newest postcodes
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
| Period | In Swanscombe | Across the DA9 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 1 of 195 (Under 1%) | 25 of 223 (11%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 10 of 277 (4%) | 67 of 316 (21%) |
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 Swanscombe?
Ofcom reports on 348 of the 348 postcodes in Swanscombe. At 307 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Swanscombe at risk of flooding?
39 of the 348 postcodes in Swanscombe have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1 home or business in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
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 Swanscombe?
The open schools at the postcodes in Swanscombe. 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. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.
Primary
An orange bar: the school has as many pupils as places, or more (Department for Education's figures).
Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UKSource: 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
How far is the station from Swanscombe?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Swanscombe is Greenhithe for Bluewater Rail Station, 950 m away in a straight line.
- Greenhithe for Bluewater Rail Station Railway station 950 mWalk
- Swanscombe Rail Station Railway station 1.1 kmWalk
- Ebbsfleet International Rail Station Railway station 2.0 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Swanscombe?
There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Swanscombe. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Swanscombe Health Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Requires improvement CQC report April 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01322 427447 2.6 kmCycle
- Milton Road and the Grays Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01375 390717 3.6 kmCycle
- Springhead Health Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01474 543100 3.8 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Swanscombe safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,823 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Swanscombe 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
- 145 September 2025
- 151 October 2025
- 163 November 2025
- 129 December 2025
- 145 January 2026
- 132 February 2026
- 152 March 2026
- 192 April 2026
- 168 May 2026
- 143 June 2026
- 153 July 2026
- 150 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: shoplifting 51, burglary 47, possession of weapons 38, robbery 22, theft from the person 8, bicycle theft 5.
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 postcodeSource: 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 Swanscombe?
- District, borough or city council
- Dartford
- County council
- Kent
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dartford
- Police force area
- Kent
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- MP
- Jim Dickson (Labour)
All 348 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, read 14 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Swanscombe
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Dartford about council tax Council tax, on dartford.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The nearest GP practices
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Swanscombe postcodes
348 postcodes in use in Swanscombe, by district:
Those districts are all in the DA postcode area.
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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 Swanscombe
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Swanscombe's £335,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Swanscombe
- What is the postcode for Swanscombe?
- Postcode districts DA2, DA9 and DA10, with 348 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Swanscombe in?
- Dartford, with Kent as its county council. Source: ONS.
- Who is the MP for Swanscombe?
- Jim Dickson (Labour), for Dartford. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
- How much are houses in Swanscombe?
- A typical £335,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, from 195 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Swanscombe?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include Knockhall Primary School, The Craylands School and Manor Community Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Leigh Academy Ebbsfleet. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Swanscombe have a railway station?
- Yes: Greenhithe for Bluewater station, 950 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Swanscombe?
- Ofcom reports on 348 of the 348 postcodes in Swanscombe. At 307 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
- Is Swanscombe at risk of flooding?
- 39 of the 348 postcodes in Swanscombe have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1 home or business in an area at high or medium risk. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Swanscombe?
- 12 of the 348 postcodes now in use in Swanscombe came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 10 of the 277 homes sold in Swanscombe were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DA9 district, 21%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.
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