Total Crime Rate
69.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lavender Fields has the 9th lowest crime rate of 20 wards in Merton district and the 3312th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 153rd lowest crime rate of 703 wards.
The overall crime rate in Lavender Fields in the last 12 months was 69.0 per 1,000 residents and was 12.1% lower than the Merton district average (78.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Lavender Fieldsβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 297 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 7 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 81.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -29.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 372 (β 29.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the Lavender Fields ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Prince Georges Road, with 55 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Supermarket (19 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.
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