Total Crime Rate

54.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 54.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.0 6/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.7 1/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • 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
  • 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

Arras Avenue area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Cricket Green , and the 276th lowest crime rate of 592 local areas in Merton .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Arras Avenue (SM4 6DG) in the last 12 months was 54.5 per 1,000 residents and was 54.3% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 35.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Arras Avenue (SM4 6DG), 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 Arras Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A297 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leominster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arras Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Connaught Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Connaught Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime A239 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 2025Burglary Bruton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Edward Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hatfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ravensbury Grove
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Freeman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Victory Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Missenden Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hengelo Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Missenden Gardens Under investigation

Data Sources

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