Total Crime Rate
20.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cowper Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 99 local areas in Abbey , and the 74th lowest crime rate of 580 local areas in Merton .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cowper Road (SW19 1AB) in the last 12 months was 20.6 per 1,000 residents and was 76.1% lower than the Abbey average (86.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 8.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cowper Road (SW19 1AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near North Road, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Autumn Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wandle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilfred Owen Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | East Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caxton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Autumn Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunlight Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Haydon'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Haccombe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lacock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lacock Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Downside Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Downside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lacock Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | North Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | North Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Edith Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norman Road | — |
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