Total Crime Rate

52.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

32.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 52.0 5/10
  • Violent crimes 32.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.0 6/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Public order 3.3 2/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Links Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Graveney , and the 268th lowest crime rate of 580 local areas in Merton .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Links Road (SW17 9EF) in the last 12 months was 52.0 per 1,000 residents and was 21.4% lower than the Graveney average (66.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 32.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Links Road (SW17 9EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Graveney Mews, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gorringe Park Avenue (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Links Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tooting Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ascot Road
Apr 2026Other theft St Barnabas Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stanley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stanley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cromer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tynemouth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Ascot Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Tooting Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Salterford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tooting Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Figge'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sirdar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grenfell Road
Apr 2026Other theft Links Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Links Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Salterford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Links Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Frinton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Idlecombe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Knapton Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Freshwater Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Idlecombe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Knapton Mews

Data Sources

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