Crime Rate in Hillside, ward

Hillside has the 7th lowest crime rate of 20 wards in Merton district and the 3506th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 133rd lowest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Hillside in the last 12 months was 66.2 per 1,000 residents and was 15.6% lower than the Merton district average (78.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Hillside’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 112 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 83.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -20.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 158 (≈ 18.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Hillside ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 81 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around St Mark'S Place (30 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.