Total Crime Rate

66.2 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 66.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.9 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.4 7/10
  • Theft from the person 7.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Cavendish Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Colliers Wood , and the 257th highest crime rate of 592 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 Cavendish Road (SW19 2FL) in the last 12 months was 66.2 per 1,000 residents and was 42.0% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 27.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cavendish Road (SW19 2FL), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 312 crimes here, including 60 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Cavendish Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime South Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byegrove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft South Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Valley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Colliers Wood Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Colliers Wood Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson South Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime South Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlborough Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime South Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Walpole Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wandle Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boundary Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Baltic Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baltic Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Baltic Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft College Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Byegrove Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlborough Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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