Total Crime Rate
124.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Farewell Place area has the 18th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Abbey , and the 90th 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 Farewell Place (CR4 3ET) in the last 12 months was 124.7 per 1,000 residents and was 45.1% higher than the Abbey average (85.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 49.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 58.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Farewell Place (CR4 3ET), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 80 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bank Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farewell Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farewell Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Western Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakmead Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Reynolds Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Oakmead Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakmead Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hogarth Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hogarth Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bank Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Glebe Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lewis Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Prince Georges Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbeyfield Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Abbeyfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dalton Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dalton Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lowry Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowry Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilpin Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Field Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Reynolds Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Reynolds Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Reynolds Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Prince Georges Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Oakmead Place | Under investigation |
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