Roughmoor
Middle areaWest Swindon. 5,905 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 66% of people in Roughmoor live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Roughmoor
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Roughmoor at a rate of 42.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across Swindon.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 94 |
| Shoplifting | 70 |
| Other crime | 35 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 20 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 17 |
| Burglary | 6 |
| Vehicle crime | 5 |
| Drug offences | 2 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Theft from the person | 0 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Roughmoor compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Roughmoor safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Roughmoor at a rate of 42.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across Swindon.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 15 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Roughmoor.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (94), shoplifting (70) and other crime (35).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Swindon
These figures are published for the whole of Swindon, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Swindon and not Roughmoor alone. See Swindon
Roughmoor in brief
The median price paid for a home in Roughmoor was £251,500 in 2025.
Roughmoor had 6,017 usual residents at the census.
About 66% of people in Roughmoor live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Roughmoor, 97.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.