Total Crime Rate
48.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brecon Close area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Pollards Hill , and the 245th lowest crime rate of 592 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 Brecon Close (CR4 1XB) in the last 12 months was 48.5 per 1,000 residents and was 31.9% lower than the Pollards Hill average (71.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Drugs with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (β 13.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brecon Close (CR4 1XB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 71 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Pollards Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cheshire Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wide Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norbury Cross | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Huntingdon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Huntingdon Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tavistock Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Yorkshire Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cranbourne Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cranbourne Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glamorgan Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Glamorgan Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Yorkshire Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Yorkshire Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oriel Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Oriel Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wide Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Caernarvon Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carisbrooke Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caernarvon Close | Under investigation |
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