Total Crime Rate
108.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
45.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Compton Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Abbey , and the 134th highest crime rate of 580 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 Compton Road (SW19 7QD) in the last 12 months was 108.1 per 1,000 residents and was 25.7% higher than the Abbey average (86.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 45.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Compton Road (SW19 7QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 258 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wimbledon Bridge (79 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hillside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Mark'S Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Mark'S Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alexandra Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Mark'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Mark'S Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Mark'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Mark'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Mark'S Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Mark'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beulah Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | St Mark'S Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Mark'S Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wimbledon Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wimbledon Bridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wimbledon Bridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wimbledon Bridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wimbledon Bridge | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wimbledon Bridge | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wimbledon Bridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wimbledon Bridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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