Total Crime Rate
35.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Moredon Road area has the 66th lowest crime rate of 146 local areas in Priory Vale , and the 256th lowest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Moredon Road (SN2 2JG) in the last 12 months was 35.6 per 1,000 residents and was 32.2% lower than the Priory Vale average (52.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 16.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Moredon Road (SN2 2JG), the main crime hotspot is near Bourne Road. Police recorded 73 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Rodbourne Cheney| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boscombe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yardley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slade Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewisham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lewisham Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wickdown Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wickdown Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbey View Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boscombe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boscombe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Montrose Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Montrose Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheddar Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenhill Road | — |
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