Total Crime Rate

88.0 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 88.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.4 8/10
  • Burglary 9.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.8 7/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Freeman Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Cricket Green , and the 171st 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 Freeman Road (SM4 6AR) in the last 12 months was 88.0 per 1,000 residents and was 26.2% lower than the Cricket Green average (119.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 52.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 166.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Freeman Road (SM4 6AR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wandle Road, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Freeman Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Freeman Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leominster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Victory Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Muchelney Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Morton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Edward Avenue —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hengelo Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Freeman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arras Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ravensbury Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hatfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime A239 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Connaught Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Connaught Gardens Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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