Total Crime Rate

25.8 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 25.8 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Willows Avenue area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Lower Morden , and the 121st lowest 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 Willows Avenue (SM4 5SG) in the last 12 months was 25.8 per 1,000 residents and was 41.9% lower than the Lower Morden average (44.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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

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Crime Over Time in Willows Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Buckfast Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birchwood Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hazelwood Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Calder Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Buckfast Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Calder Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Bristol Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bordesley Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Willows Avenue —
Sep 2025Other theft Buckfast Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cartmel Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birchwood Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Abbotsbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Central Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cartmel Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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