Crime Statistics for Moredon, Swindon, Swindon, 2024

Crime statistics for Moredon, Swindon

There were a total of 108 street level crime incidents in Moredon in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Moredon, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime47
Anti Social Behaviour21
Criminal Damage Arson8
Vehicle Crime6
Other Theft6
Public Order6
Shoplifting5
Drugs3
Bicycle Theft2
Other Crime2
Robbery1
Burglary1
All Crime108

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Moredon. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Moredon

We've taken the ten nearest places to Moredon and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Moredon has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Gorse Hill (1.39 miles)396
Even Swindon (1.24 miles)240
Pinehurst (1.24 miles)178
Greenmeadow (0.62 miles)156
Penhill (1.39 miles)151
Blunsdon St Andrew (1.24 miles)129
Shaw (1.76 miles)110
Moredon108
Roughmoor (1.39 miles)51
The Fox (1.86 miles)21

12.05%
of Haydon Wick residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Moredon?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Moredon and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Gorse Hill128
Pinehurst82
Penhill81
Greenmeadow72
Even Swindon68
Blunsdon St Andrew56
Moredon47
Shaw45
Roughmoor22
The Fox13

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Moredon?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Moredon to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Moredon compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Moredon and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Moredon is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Walcot and Park North88
2Central85
3Gorse Hill and Pinehurst82
4Eastcott82
5Penhill and Upper Stratton70
6Rodbourne Cheney67
7Mannington and Western60
8Haydon Wick47
9St Andrews45
10Shaw42
11Priory Vale41

Which road in Moredon has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Moredon with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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