Total Crime Rate
67.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hyde Walk area has the 18th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Lower Morden , and the 252nd highest crime rate of 580 local areas in Merton .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hyde Walk (SM4 6LR) in the last 12 months was 67.9 per 1,000 residents and was 46.1% higher than the Lower Morden average (46.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 35.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hyde Walk (SM4 6LR), the main crime hotspot is near Hexham Road. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Helier| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Forest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keynsham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Halesowen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halesowen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yenston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holycross Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pilton Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pilton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pilton Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hexham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hexham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hexham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Romany Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Elizabeth Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Romany Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queen Elizabeth Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hexham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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