Total Crime Rate
52.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Links 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.
View Crime In Graveney| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tooting | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ascot Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Barnabas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tynemouth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ascot Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tooting | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Salterford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tooting | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Figge'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sirdar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grenfell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Links Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Links Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Salterford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Links Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frinton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Idlecombe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Knapton Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Freshwater Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Idlecombe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knapton Mews | — |
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