Total Crime Rate
107.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kenilworth Avenue area has the 28th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Abbey , and the 140th highest crime rate of 580 local areas in Merton .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kenilworth Avenue (SW19 7LP) in the last 12 months was 107.0 per 1,000 residents and was 24.4% higher than the Abbey average (86.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 527.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kenilworth Avenue (SW19 7LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Waldemar Road, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gap Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wimbledon Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pitt Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Landgrove Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waldemar Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gap Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Squires Court | Under investigation |
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