Total Crime Rate
50.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mortimer Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Cricket Green , and the 261st lowest crime rate of 580 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 Mortimer Road (CR4 3HS) in the last 12 months was 50.5 per 1,000 residents and was 58.6% lower than the Cricket Green average (122.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 27.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mortimer Road (CR4 3HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sadler Close, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lavender Fields| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunshine Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sadler Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roan Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sadler Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sadler Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sadler Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sadler Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sadler Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sadler Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sadler Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sadler Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sadler Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lavender Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Eveline Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lavender Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lavender Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sadler Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sadler Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Veals Mead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sadler Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Downe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Downe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Downe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sadler Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sunshine Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bond Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bond Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stuart Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Holborn Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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