Crime Rate in Cricket Green, ward

Cricket Green has the highest crime rate of 20 wards in Merton district and the 1072nd highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 224th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Cricket Green in the last 12 months was 122.0 per 1,000 residents and was 55.5% higher than the Merton district average (78.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Cricket Green’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 505 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 11 cases , up 37.5% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -35.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 635 (≈ 48.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Cricket Green ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 96 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Broadway Gardens (32 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.