Rodbourne Ferndale & Western
WardSouth west Swindon. About 14,037 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Rodbourne Ferndale & Western live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Rodbourne Ferndale & Western compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Rodbourne Ferndale & Western safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Rodbourne Ferndale & Western at a rate of 88.6 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, 107 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Rodbourne Ferndale & Western.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (407), other crime (221) and anti-social behaviour (182).
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 ward, so they describe all of Swindon and not Rodbourne Ferndale & Western alone. See Swindon
Rodbourne Ferndale & Western in brief
Rodbourne Ferndale & Western had 13,236 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Rodbourne Ferndale & Western live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Rodbourne Ferndale & Western, 99.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Rodbourne Ferndale & Western, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.