Total Crime Rate

90.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 90.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.9 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.7 5/10
  • Burglary 9.7 8/10
  • Drugs 9.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Chapter Way area has the 16th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Colliers Wood , and the 161st 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 Chapter Way (SW19 2RX) in the last 12 months was 90.3 per 1,000 residents and was 20.8% lower than the Colliers Wood average (114.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 19.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 403.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chapter Way (SW19 2RX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Christchurch Road, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Chapter Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reynolds Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Station Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Station Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holmes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holmes Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Christchurch Road —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Christchurch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reynolds Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Christchurch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheldrick Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sheldrick Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wandle Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sheldrick Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brangwyn Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dreadnought Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liberty Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hogarth Crescent —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hogarth Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Field Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reynolds Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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