Total Crime Rate
1500.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
441.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Crown Lane area has the highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Merton Park , and the highest crime rate of 580 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 Crown Lane (SM4 5BL) in the last 12 months was 1500.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1268.7% higher than the Merton Park average (109.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 160 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 71.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 150 (≈ 441.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crown Lane (SM4 5BL), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 347 crimes here, including 107 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Merton Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morden Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Morden Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Morden Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Morden Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Morden Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Aberconway Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aberconway Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchwood Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchwood Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Crown Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windermere Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windermere Avenue | — |
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