Total Crime Rate

21.3 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 21.3 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.1 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Effra Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 101 local areas in Abbey , and the 81st lowest 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 Effra Road (SW19 8QA) in the last 12 months was 21.3 per 1,000 residents and was 75.2% lower 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Effra Road (SW19 8QA), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Effra Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Garfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Milton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Caxton Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Caxton Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Milton Road —
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Downside Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowper Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edith Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Edith Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edith Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Edith Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Birkbeck Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Havelock Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Haccombe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Haccombe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cardigan Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cardigan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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