Total Crime Rate
330.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Huntingdon Close area has the highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Pollards Hill , and the 15th highest crime rate of 592 local areas in Merton .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Huntingdon Close (CR4 1XL) in the last 12 months was 330.0 per 1,000 residents and was 363.3% higher than the Pollards Hill average (71.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (β 122.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 444.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Huntingdon Close (CR4 1XL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Caernarvon Close, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lindsey Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Pollards Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lindsey Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Yorkshire Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Monmouth Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Radnor Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Radnor Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Galpin'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Huntingdon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindsey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Yorkshire Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tavistock Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollards Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Huntingdon Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Caernarvon Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caernarvon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cheshire Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Glamorgan Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glamorgan Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ena Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cranbourne Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Monmouth Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Monmouth Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollards Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lancaster Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kent Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shropshire Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Conway Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shropshire Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shropshire Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Montgomery Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cranbourne Close | Under investigation |
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