Total Crime Rate

133.3 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 133.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.3 8/10
  • Burglary 18.2 10/10
  • Other theft 12.1 8/10
  • Theft from the person 12.1 9/10
  • Robbery 6.1 7/10
  • Shoplifting 6.1 4/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Bishopsford Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Cricket Green , and the 78th highest crime rate of 592 local areas in Merton .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bishopsford Road (SM4 6AX) in the last 12 months was 133.3 per 1,000 residents and was 11.9% higher 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 51.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bishopsford Road (SM4 6AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Octavia Close, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Riverside Drive (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Bishopsford Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Riverside Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gavina Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rawnsley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Octavia Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Octavia Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pollard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pollard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Octavia Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bishopsford Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Pipewell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pipewell Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Morton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Octavia Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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