Total Crime Rate

47.9 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 47.9 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.4 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.2 6/10
  • Burglary 4.8 5/10
  • Other crime 4.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.8 5/10
  • Other theft 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Merevale Crescent area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Merton Park , and the 238th 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 Merevale Crescent (SM4 6HL) in the last 12 months was 47.9 per 1,000 residents and was 55.2% lower than the Merton Park average (106.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 14.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Merevale Crescent (SM4 6HL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bolton Drive, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Montacute Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Merevale Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Helier Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newminster Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neath Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neath Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Missenden Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marham Gardens
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marham Gardens
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Missenden Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Newminster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newminster Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leominster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Muchelney Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Malling Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Malling Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montacute Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montacute Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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