Total Crime Rate
299.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026London Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Cricket Green , and the 21st highest crime rate of 580 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 London Road (CR4 3NA) in the last 12 months was 299.1 per 1,000 residents and was 145.2% higher than the Cricket Green average (122.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 72 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (β 59.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 72.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around London Road (CR4 3NA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 105 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cricket Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatsworth Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sadler Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bond Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bond Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitford Gardens | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Sadler Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sadler Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sadler Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmwood Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sadler Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sadler Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sadler Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sadler Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sadler Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sadler Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sadler Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunshine Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sunshine Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmwood Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Green West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatsworth Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Mark'S Road | Under investigation |
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