Total Crime Rate
75.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Deer Park Gardens area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Cricket Green , and the 226th highest crime rate of 580 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 Deer Park Gardens (CR4 4DZ) in the last 12 months was 75.6 per 1,000 residents and was 38.0% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 37.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Deer Park Gardens (CR4 4DZ), the main crime hotspot is near Illingworth Close. Police recorded 69 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ravensbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | White Bridge Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ravensbury Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Belgrave Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxonbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxted Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gale Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hengelo Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hengelo Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hengelo Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hengelo Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Goodwin Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deer Park Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chantry Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chantry Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Benedict Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ravensbury Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chantry Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ravensbury Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Bridge Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ravensbury Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Bridge Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Illingworth Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hatfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Illingworth Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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