Total Crime Rate

128.0 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 128.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 67.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.8 9/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Abbotsbury Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Merton Park , and the 85th highest crime rate of 592 local areas in Merton .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Abbotsbury Road (SM4 5LB) in the last 12 months was 128.0 per 1,000 residents and was 19.8% higher than the Merton Park average (106.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 30.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Abbotsbury Road (SM4 5LB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 317 crimes here, including 98 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Abbotsbury Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crown Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Buckfast Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birchwood Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birchwood Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aberconway Road
Sep 2025Other theft Abbotsbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Morden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Morden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bordesley Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Crown Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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