Property market
The five-year median is £397,222 from 1,602 recorded sales in BR8. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Sevenoaks is £543,081 in June 2026, up 3.2% year on year.
BR8
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 700
- Current units
- 489
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 11
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- London, South East
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 211
Postcode sectors in BR8
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
10,520 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 69, Fens Way, Swanley, BR8 7SW | 29 July 2026 | £457,000 |
| 10, Aspen Close, Swanley, BR8 7UB | 24 July 2026 | £365,000 |
| 21, College Road, Hextable, Swanley, BR8 7RH | 24 July 2026 | £520,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 12
- Primary
- 8
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,848
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 672
- Anti social behaviour 260
- Criminal damage and arson 192
- Shoplifting 154
- Other theft 120
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- BR8 usual residents
- 23,730
- Age-profile population
- 23,626
Age bands in BR8
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18.7%
- 4,415 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.9%
- 2,349 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.7%
- 6,078 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.7%
- 6,083 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 19.9%
- 4,701 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 470 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 444 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 317 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
1
in this district
SWANLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
26-28 SWANLEY CENTRE, SWANLEY, BR8 7AH
ODS code G82028
Evidence in context
Schools
12 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,848 published events cover 12 months, averaging 154 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 672 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.