Abbey Meads
Suburb · 2,752 residents
62Good
Good · better than 6 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
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What’s good
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 50 per 1,000 people a year against 100
- 95% of residents live within five minutes of a park
- Property market scores 70, well above the typical 60
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- Food & drink scores 18, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Abbey Meads
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Is Abbey Meads a good place to live?
Abbey Meads scores 62/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (79) and environment (72).
It scores lowest on food & drink (18).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Abbey Meads in South West, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Abbey Meads
Detached houses on new-ish estate roads, driveways rather than on-street parking, and the kind of quiet that comes from a place built for families rather than passing trade — that's the first impression Abbey Meads gives you. There's no high street to speak of here, and the nightlife grade tells the same story bluntly: this is a place you come home to, not out to.
The practical picture is straightforward. Abbey Meads Community Primary School, rated Good and taking 444 pupils, anchors the family side of things, with Catherine Wayte Primary School as a second option down the road. Schooling overall lands in solid-but-unspectacular territory rather than exceptional. With a median age of 39.4 — a touch younger than both the regional and national averages — this reads as an area of established families and settled couples rather than a magnet for young professionals or students, and the transport grade (B, with eight local stops but no rail station showing in the data) suggests most people here are driving to work rather than commuting by train. Housing is dominated by detached freehold homes — 46 of the 108 recent sales — and at a median of £320,000, prices sit close to the national median but noticeably above the regional one, and 15.5% above the Swindon average, which tells you this is one of the pricier pockets of the borough rather than a bargain corner of it. The five-year direction on price is described as improving, even if any single year's movement is minor set against that.