Total Crime Rate
84.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bushey Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Hillside , and the 190th 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 Bushey Road (SW20 8EA) in the last 12 months was 84.6 per 1,000 residents and was 27.9% higher than the Hillside average (66.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -12.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 25.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 68.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bushey Road (SW20 8EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whatley Avenue (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Raynes Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whatley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whatley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whatley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Whatley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wellsborough Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wellsborough Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Wellsborough Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oxford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Botsford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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