Total Crime Rate

100.9 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 100.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.2 8/10
  • Burglary 11.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.5 8/10
  • Drugs 5.8 6/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Shoplifting 2.9 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Lyveden Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Colliers Wood , and the 131st highest crime rate of 592 local areas in Merton .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lyveden Road (SW17 9DU) in the last 12 months was 100.9 per 1,000 residents and was 11.6% lower than the Colliers Wood average (114.1 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 40.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lyveden Road (SW17 9DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Longley Road, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Lyveden Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Victoria Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Flanders Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Longley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Longley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Renmuir Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Myrna Close
Sep 2025Public order Myrna Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Myrna Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Myrna Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Island Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trevelyan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pitcairn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swains Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pitcairn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Robinson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Singleton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Defoe Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Defoe Close
Sep 2025Burglary Himley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Singleton Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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