Moredon
Suburb · 9,095 residents
65Good
Good · better than 7 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- 74% of residents live within five minutes of a park
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 69 per 1,000 people a year against 100
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- Food & drink scores 18, below the typical 60
- Health scores 37, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Moredon
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Moredon a good place to live?
Moredon scores 65/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for environment (81) and safety (74).
It scores lowest on food & drink (18) and health (37).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Moredon in South West, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Moredon
Moredon's streets are the kind you'd draw if asked to sketch an ordinary English suburb: semi-detached houses, pebble-dashed or brick, front gardens rather than driveways, and a density of housing that's noticeably tighter than the national average for this type of area. It doesn't read as a destination — there's no obvious pull for outsiders — which is precisely the point for the people who live there. This is a place built around getting on with things.
The practical picture holds together sensibly. Moredon Primary School (rated Good) sits inside the suburb itself, and Rodbourne Cheney Primary School, rated Outstanding, gives families a stronger option close by if they want it — worth knowing given the area's schools grade sits comfortably above the national pattern overall. Nova Hreod Academy covers secondary-age children locally, though its progress scores are a touch below where you'd want them, a small dent in an otherwise solid picture. With 25 transport stops serving a population of just over 9,000, this reads as a walking-and-bus suburb rather than a rail-commuter one — there's no station in the data to anchor a fast run into the city, so this suits someone whose working life is more local or road-based. Housing here is dominated by semi-detached freeholds, and at a median of £245,000 — below both the regional figure and the national one — a for-sale board on a Moredon street is advertising something genuinely affordable rather than a compromise; the five-year trajectory on price has been improving rather than flat.