Total Crime Rate
153.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Church Path area has the 14th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Cricket Green , and the 61st 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 Church Path (CR4 3BN) in the last 12 months was 153.6 per 1,000 residents and was 29.0% higher than the Cricket Green average (119.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (β 56.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Path (CR4 3BN), the main crime hotspot is near Illingworth Close. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cricket Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rodney Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Illingworth Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Illingworth Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Illingworth Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Illingworth Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Illingworth Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Illingworth Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Illingworth Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Illingworth Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chantry Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Church Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Church Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gale Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Boundary Business Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gale Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vicarage Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Venus Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Illingworth Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Church Path | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gale Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Collingwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Taplow Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rodney Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Blake Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Blake Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Church Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | White Bridge Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gale Close | Under investigation |
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