Total Crime Rate

96.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 96.5 7/10
  • Shoplifting 35.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.2 6/10
  • Burglary 11.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.9 5/10
  • Robbery 5.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.9 1/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • 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
  • 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

Central Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Lower Morden , and the 143rd highest crime rate of 592 local areas in Merton .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Central Road (SM4 5RW) in the last 12 months was 96.5 per 1,000 residents and was 117.3% higher than the Lower Morden average (44.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 35.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Central Road (SM4 5RW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Central Road, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bury Grove (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Central Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Beeleigh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bruton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Calder Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bristol Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cartmel Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birchwood Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Central Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Bruton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hazelwood Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bruton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bruton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Calder Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Buckfast Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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 2025Vehicle crime Cartmel Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birchwood Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bordesley Road Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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