Total Crime Rate
280.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
120.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Garfield Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Colliers Wood , and the 24th 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 Garfield Road (SW19 8RZ) in the last 12 months was 280.0 per 1,000 residents and was 190.2% higher than the Colliers Wood average (96.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 120.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 34.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Garfield Road (SW19 8RZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near North Road, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Autumn Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wandle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lacock Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Morris Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lacock Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Downside Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Downside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caxton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | North Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | North Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Haccombe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lacock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilfred Owen Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morris Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Autumn Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunlight Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Edith Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkbeck Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Haydon'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Birkbeck Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkbeck Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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