Total Crime Rate
75.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Morden Road area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Cricket Green , and the 224th highest crime rate of 592 local areas in Merton .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Morden Road (CR4 4DD) in the last 12 months was 75.6 per 1,000 residents and was 36.5% lower than the Cricket Green average (119.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 20.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -73.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 43.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Morden Road (CR4 4DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Saxonbury Close, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gale Close (18 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Gale Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Saxonbury Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Freeman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hengelo Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | A239 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Deer Park Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Deer Park Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Morden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxonbury Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Saxonbury Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Morden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ravensbury Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gale Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | White Bridge Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gale Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gale Close | Under investigation |
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