London commuter townsNewbury vs Swindon
Newbury vs Swindon: which commuter town suits you?
Newbury is 2 minutes closer to London, but Swindon is £95k cheaper on the average sold price.
Train to London
55 min
57 min
Annual season ticket
£8,446
£8,791
Average house price
£375k
£280k
Price to local earnings
Years of the local authority's median wage
8.9x
7.0x
Crime index
0–100, lower is safer
56
74
Broadband
Average available download speed, from Ofcom
896 Mb
975 Mb
Life satisfaction
ONS, 0–10
7.5
7.4
Historic landmarks
Protected sites within 3 miles
47
30
Parks and fields
Hectares within 3 miles
188 ha
662 ha
Places to eat and drink
Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles
148
372
Estimates only. Prices from HM Land Registry (August 2025 to July 2026), crime from police.uk (August 2025 to July 2026); broadband, life satisfaction and train times from Ofcom, ONS and National Rail, reviewed periodically. A tinted figure is the better of the two on that row alone, not an overall verdict.
