Total Crime Rate

14.7 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

3.7 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 14.7 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.4 4/10
  • Violent crimes 3.7 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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.
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Crime overview

Recreation Way area has the lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Pollards Hill , and the 49th lowest crime rate of 580 local areas in Merton .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Recreation Way (CR4 1PG) in the last 12 months was 14.7 per 1,000 residents and was 81.8% lower than the Pollards Hill average (80.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Recreation Way (CR4 1PG), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 86 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Recreation Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Caernarvon Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Conway Gardens —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Caernarvon Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Caernarvon Close —
Apr 2026Other theft Hertford Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Caernarvon Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wide Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eighteenth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wide Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Chestnut Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Holly Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Wide Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Conway Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fern Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Brecon Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Brecon Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fern Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Greenwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fern Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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