Crime Rates at Lulworth Crescent, Mitcham, CR4 3RB

Lulworth Crescent area has the 11th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Cricket Green , and the 47th 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 Lulworth Crescent (CR4 3RB) in the last 12 months was 183.0 per 1,000 residents and was 50.0% higher 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 95.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.1% 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 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Portland Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.