Total Crime Rate
81.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Martin Way area has the 21st highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Cannon Hill , and the 206th highest crime rate of 580 local areas in Merton .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Martin Way (SM4 4AR) in the last 12 months was 81.3 per 1,000 residents and was 138.6% higher than the Cannon Hill average (34.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 24.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 104.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Martin Way (SM4 4AR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Martin Way, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cannon Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mossville Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Heyford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heyford Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Heyford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monkleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monkleigh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Monkleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Heyford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Martin Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Monkleigh Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Monkleigh Road | — |
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