Total Crime Rate
376.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025The Broadway area has the 5th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Abbey , and the 11th highest crime rate of 592 local areas in Merton .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around The Broadway (SW19 1PS) in the last 12 months was 376.0 per 1,000 residents and was 337.7% higher than the Abbey average (85.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -52.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 152.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 183.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Broadway (SW19 1PS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 519 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (81 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wimbledon Bridge | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Wimbledon Bridge | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Wimbledon Bridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wimbledon Bridge | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wimbledon Bridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wimbledon Bridge | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadway Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadway Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Broadway Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wimbledon Bridge | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Worcester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Broadway Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Florence Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Compton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wimbledon Bridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wimbledon Bridge | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Florence Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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