Total Crime Rate

96.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

42.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 96.9 8/10
  • Violent crimes 42.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.7 4/10
  • Drugs 4.7 5/10
  • Other theft 2.4 1/10
  • Public order 2.4 1/10
  • Robbery 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Vale Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Longthornton , and the 157th highest crime rate of 580 local areas in Merton .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Vale Road (CR4 1NP) in the last 12 months was 96.9 per 1,000 residents and was 26.7% higher than the Longthornton average (76.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 42.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vale Road (CR4 1NP), the main crime hotspot is near Wide Way. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Pollards Hill

Crime Over Time in Vale Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (29/29)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Robinhood Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Vale Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Robinhood Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Robinhood Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Robinhood Lane —
Apr 2026Burglary Wide Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wide Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wide Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sunnymead Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lexden Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lexden Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lexden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abbotts Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lexden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beech Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Castleton Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Greenwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Manor Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beverley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Beverley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Holly Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Manor Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Vale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fern Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Manor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fern Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fern Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Manor Road —
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 29 of 29

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑