Total Crime Rate
21.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rodney Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Cricket Green , and the 81st 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 Rodney Road (CR4 3DJ) in the last 12 months was 21.3 per 1,000 residents and was 82.1% lower than the Cricket Green average (119.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -85.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -85.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 7.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rodney Road (CR4 3DJ), the main crime hotspot is near Chantry Way. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 22 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Varley Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vicarage Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dalton Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Collingwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rodney Road | — |
| 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 | Public order | Portland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Church Path | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dalton Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bank Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bank Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Glebe Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lewis Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbeyfield Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Abbeyfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lulworth Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Boundary Business Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Portland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chantry Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Church Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Church Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Church Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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