Total Crime Rate
363.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
181.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Huntingdon Close area has the highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Pollards Hill , and the 11th highest crime rate of 580 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 363.0 per 1,000 residents and was 350.1% higher than the Pollards Hill average (80.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -73.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 181.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 188.6% 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 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Radnor Close (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Pollards Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dorset Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kent Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Lodge Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ena Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norbury Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shropshire Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shropshire Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shropshire Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shropshire Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Norbury Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kent Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cranbourne Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Lodge Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cranbourne Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Caernarvon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caernarvon Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caernarvon Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caernarvon Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Montgomery Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Montgomery Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monmouth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindsey Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lindsey Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Lodge Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norbury Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Lodge Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancaster Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Yorkshire Road | — |
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