Total Crime Rate

200.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 200.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 71.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 58.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.9 5/10
  • Other theft 16.7 9/10
  • Burglary 12.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.4 7/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Worple Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Hillside , and the 44th highest crime rate of 592 local areas in Merton .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Worple Road (SW19 4EE) in the last 12 months was 200.8 per 1,000 residents and was 184.0% higher than the Hillside average (70.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 25.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Worple Road (SW19 4EE), the main crime hotspot is near Wimbledon Bridge. Police recorded 164 crimes here, including 69 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Worple Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wimbledon Bridge Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Wimbledon Bridge Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order St Mark'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Mark'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Mark'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Malcolm Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wimbledon Bridge
Sep 2025Other theft Wimbledon Bridge Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beulah Road
Sep 2025Other theft Wimbledon Bridge Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Alwyne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Alwyne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Alwyne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Alwyne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alwyne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Wimbledon Bridge Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wimbledon Bridge Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wimbledon Bridge Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wimbledon Bridge Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wimbledon Bridge Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order St Mark'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Mark'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Spencer Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wimbledon Bridge Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mansel Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wimbledon Bridge Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Worple Road Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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