Crime Rate in Hillside, ward

Hillside has the 10th lowest crime rate of 20 wards in Merton district and the 3312th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 169th lowest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Hillside in the last 12 months was 70.7 per 1,000 residents and was 12.3% lower than the Merton district average (80.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Hillside’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 138 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 45.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -72.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 196 (≈ 22.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Hillside ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 78 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around St Mark'S Place (29 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.