Crime Rates at Cricket Green, Mitcham, CR4 4LB

Cricket Green area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Cricket Green , and the 16th 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 Cricket Green (CR4 4LB) in the last 12 months was 320.3 per 1,000 residents and was 168.9% higher 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 105.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cricket Green (CR4 4LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Upper Green East, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Taffy'S How (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.