Total Crime Rate

104.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 104.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.3 6/10
  • Other theft 11.3 8/10
  • Theft from the person 8.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.5 7/10
  • Drugs 5.6 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Salcombe Drive area has the 5th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Lower Morden , and the 124th 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 Salcombe Drive (SM4 4LD) in the last 12 months was 104.2 per 1,000 residents and was 134.7% higher than the Lower Morden average (44.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 39.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Salcombe Drive (SM4 4LD), the main crime hotspot is near Dunster Avenue. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Salcombe Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunster Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Creston Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rose End —
Sep 2025Burglary Cleveland Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seymour Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Trafalgar Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsbridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Inverness Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Lynmouth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunster Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Trafalgar Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunster Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dunster Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alpha Place —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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