Total Crime Rate
12.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ridge Nether Moor area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Covingham and Dorcan , and the 54th 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 Ridge Nether Moor (SN3 6NF) in the last 12 months was 12.2 per 1,000 residents and was 77.0% lower than the Covingham and Dorcan average (52.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ridge Nether Moor (SN3 6NF), the main crime hotspot is near Barrington Close. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Liden, Eldene and Park South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrington Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrington Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrington Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradwell Moor | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Waterside Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windermere | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Edale Moor | Under investigation |
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