Crime Rate in Cannon Hill, ward

Cannon Hill has the lowest crime rate of 20 wards in Merton district and the 1254th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 14th lowest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Cannon Hill in the last 12 months was 36.0 per 1,000 residents and was 55.3% lower than the Merton district average (80.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Cannon Hill’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 95 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 112 (≈ 11.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Cannon Hill ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Petrol Station, with 54 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Northernhay Walk (13 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.