Total Crime Rate
24.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thurleston Avenue area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Cannon Hill , and the 101st lowest 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 Thurleston Avenue (SM4 4BW) in the last 12 months was 24.5 per 1,000 residents and was 28.0% lower than the Cannon Hill average (34.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thurleston Avenue (SM4 4BW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Camborne Road, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Northernhay Walk (7 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Northernhay Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camborne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillcross Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Eastway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hillside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | The Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camborne Road | Under investigation |
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