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Merton, London

🟢 Official crime data · Police-recorded crime, data.police.uk · May–July 2026 Methodology →

Relatively safer day Relatively safer night

Relative rank 8 among boroughs currently covered. Based on official Metropolitan Police data, averaged over 3 months (2026-05 to 2026-07).

Real administrative boundary — Office for National Statistics 2021 boundaries, not an approximate circle.

Recorded incidents (total across 3 months, 2026-05–2026-07)
CategoryCount
Violent crime1353
Anti social behaviour962
Vehicle crime358
Shoplifting345
Other theft320
Public order238
Burglary165
Drugs118
Theft from the person74
Robbery70
Other crime66
Bicycle theft61
Possession of weapons22
Criminal damage arson10

4162 incidents total over 3 months — averages 1387.3/month, which is what the day/night scores below are based on.

Data completeness: full months, real administrative boundary — 4162 recorded incidents total across 3 months (2026-05–2026-07), queried against Merton's actual ONS 2021 polygon outline (the same shape shown on the map above), not an approximate circle. This is the complete monthly response from the UK Police API for each month in that window. Day score: 1.9941 weighted incidents/1,000 people, averaged over the last 3 months (79% of the 33-area average). Night score: 10.0364 weighted incidents/1,000 people, same window (80% of the 33-area average). Both are normalised by an estimated workday/footfall population of 172,160 rather than the 2021 resident population of 215,200, so central boroughs with heavy commuter and visitor footfall aren't overstated as riskier simply for having fewer official residents. The footfall estimate is derived from the ONS's 2011 Census workday-population release — the most recent one published — applied to Merton's current resident population, and it is therefore an approximation of today's footfall, not a measurement of it. Rated against the average of the 33 areas currently on the automated pipeline — 32 boroughs and the City of London.
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Frequently asked questions

Is Merton safe?

Based on real, current UK Police data, Wandroz rates Merton as relatively safer than most other neighbourhoods in London during the day and relatively safer than most other neighbourhoods in London at night, relative to the other London boroughs currently on the automated pipeline. The rating comes from 4162 recorded incidents over 3 months (2026-05 to 2026-07), split into a day-weighted score (property crime) and a night-weighted score (violence, robbery, antisocial behaviour).

Is Merton safe at night?

Merton's night score is relatively safer than most other neighbourhoods in London, based on the categories most relevant after dark (violence, robbery, street theft, public order, antisocial behaviour), normalised by an estimated workday/footfall population rather than plain residents where that data exists, so busy central boroughs aren't overstated as riskier just for having fewer official residents.

What official data is Merton's rating based on?

4162 recorded incidents from data.police.uk (the UK Police's official open crime API), queried against Merton's real administrative boundary and covering 3 months (2026-05 to 2026-07) — recomputed from the source data whenever the Met publishes new months, not a one-off snapshot. Full category breakdown is shown further down this page.

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