Total Crime Rate

99.5 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 99.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.6 6/10
  • Drugs 16.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.3 5/10
  • Burglary 8.3 8/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Public order 2.8 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Central Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Merton Park , and the 135th highest crime rate of 592 local areas in Merton .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Central Road (SM4 5RP) in the last 12 months was 99.5 per 1,000 residents and was 6.9% lower than the Merton Park average (106.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -45.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 30.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 65.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Central Road (SM4 5RP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bury Grove, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Morden Hall Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Central Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Buckfast Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Morden Hall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bardney Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hazelwood Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Beeleigh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Willows Avenue
Sep 2025Other theft Abbotsbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Buckfast Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Buckfast Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bruton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bruton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bruton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bristol Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Calder Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Calder Road
Sep 2025Burglary Bruton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cartmel Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cartmel Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A297 Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bordesley Road Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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