Total Crime Rate

104.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 104.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.4 5/10
  • Other theft 15.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Burglary 3.1 2/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Kenilworth Avenue area has the 26th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Abbey , and the 125th highest crime rate of 592 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 7LW) in the last 12 months was 104.0 per 1,000 residents and was 21.0% higher than the Abbey average (85.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 24.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 1160.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kenilworth Avenue (SW19 7LW), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 69 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Kenilworth Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Strathearn Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waldemar Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Strathearn Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waldemar Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Squires Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Waldemar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Vineyard Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dora Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kenilworth Avenue —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Landgrove Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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