Total Crime Rate
218.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lulworth Crescent area has the 7th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Cricket Green , and the 39th 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 Lulworth Crescent (CR4 3RB) in the last 12 months was 218.3 per 1,000 residents and was 83.2% higher 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 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 110.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 133.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lulworth Crescent (CR4 3RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Vicarage Gardens, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Portland Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cricket Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Blake Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lulworth Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilpin Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lewis Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowry Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lowry Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbeyfield Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Abbeyfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dalton Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vicarage Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dalton Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Boundary Business Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Portland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Portland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Collingwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Blake Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rodney Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Glebe Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Western 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 | Vehicle crime | Bank Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Venus Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bank Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rodney Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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