Total Crime Rate

75.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 75.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Drugs 3.4 4/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Morden 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.

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Crime Over Time in Morden Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saxonbury Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hatfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Freeman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hengelo Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime A239 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deer Park Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deer Park Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Morden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saxonbury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Saxonbury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ravensbury Grove
Sep 2025Other theft Gale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour White Bridge Avenue
Sep 2025Drugs Gale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Gale Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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