Total Crime Rate
124.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Neath Gardens area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Lower Morden , and the 98th highest crime rate of 580 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 Neath Gardens (SM4 6JN) in the last 12 months was 124.7 per 1,000 residents and was 168.4% higher than the Lower Morden average (46.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -23.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (β 54.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Neath Gardens (SM4 6JN), the main crime hotspot is near Newhouse Walk. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ravensbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marham Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newhouse Walk | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haines Walk | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haines Walk | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haines Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haines Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haines Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shearing Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shearing Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newhouse Walk | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newhouse Walk | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Faversham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Melsa Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Faversham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newhouse Walk | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newhouse Walk | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newhouse Walk | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newhouse Walk | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newhouse Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newhouse Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Helier Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Helier Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haines Walk | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Helier Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melsa Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cerne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Darley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newminster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Darley Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Darley Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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