Total Crime Rate
65.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Slade Way area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Cricket Green , and the 262nd highest crime rate of 592 local areas in Merton .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Slade Way (CR4 2GA) in the last 12 months was 65.5 per 1,000 residents and was 45.0% lower than the Cricket Green average (119.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Drugs with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (β 34.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Slade Way (CR4 2GA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Streatham Road, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elmhurst Avenue (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cricket Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bolstead Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Graham Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bolstead Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roper Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Eastfields Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harbour Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harbour Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Slade Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fernlea Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Beaulieu Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Elmfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edgehill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Firs Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beecholme Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Streatham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beecholme Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Beecholme Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beecholme Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beecholme Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Streatham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Streatham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmhurst Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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