Crime and Safety in South Wimbledon, Merton
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The most common crimes in South Wimbledon are violence and sexual offences, with 194 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 19. This is 3.5% lower than 2025's figure of 201 offences and a difference of 0.87 from 2025's crime rate of 20. South Wimbledon's least common crimes are possession of weapons, with 4 offences recorded in 2026, the same as 2025's figure of 4 crimes.
South Wimbledon 2026 Crime Scorecard
15% higher, borough crime rate
London
15% lower, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Merton is 15% higher than London and 15% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Merton Crime Rate Over Time
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South Wimbledon Crime Map
Incidents mapped in South Wimbledon represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to South Wimbledon's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around South Wimbledon up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of South Wimbledon's 4 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
Crime Risk Scores
South Wimbledon • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within South Wimbledon has a crime risk score of 417. This is based on analysis of 4 nearby areas within South Wimbledon, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in South Wimbledon's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in South Wimbledon, crime risk scores are typically around 417, while in Merton they are average 450.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 533 (544 for Merton), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 586 (Merton 603).
Trends in Crime Risk
South Wimbledon
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates a decrease of 35% in South Wimbledon's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
The five-year trend may be static; no significant trend was identified in South Wimbledon's crime risk scores during this timeframe.
Over the last year, South Wimbledon's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 16%, indicating that the risk profile is going down. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
South Wimbledon
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
South Wimbledon • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Vehicle Crime offences have a crime rate of 7.91 reports per 1,000 people in South Wimbledon, which is 1.84 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 81 crime reports logged by Metropolitan Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Metropolitan Police recorded 9 reports of Robbery in South Wimbledon, resulting in a crime rate of 0.90 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.80.
The crime rate for Possession of Weapons is 1.48 times the national average at 0.40 reports per 1,000. This is from 4 crime reports reported to Metropolitan Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
South Wimbledon
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
No significant increases identified.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
South Wimbledon
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.35 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 1.17 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 70% over this timeframe.
Burglary offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.58 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 1.77 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 11% over this timeframe.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.63 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 0.72 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 12% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
South Wimbledon • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 155 | 15.22 | 1.08 | 3,609 | 14.55 | 1.03 | 235,985 | 21.68 | 1.53 |
| Bicycle Theft | 25 | 2.49 | 4.37 | 232 | 0.91 | 1.25 | 13,695 | 1.26 | 1.73 |
| Burglary | 28 | 2.77 | 1.07 | 718 | 2.89 | 0.92 | 47,359 | 4.34 | 1.39 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 41 | 4.04 | 0.64 | 989 | 3.98 | 0.63 | 54,098 | 4.99 | 0.79 |
| Drugs | 35 | 3.44 | 1.21 | 685 | 2.78 | 0.90 | 53,167 | 4.87 | 1.58 |
| Other Crime | 8 | 0.79 | 1.01 | 212 | 0.85 | 0.46 | 13,008 | 1.19 | 0.64 |
| Other Theft | 50 | 4.91 | 0.86 | 1,160 | 4.65 | 0.82 | 97,452 | 8.97 | 1.58 |
| Possession of Weapons | 4 | 0.40 | 1.48 | 112 | 0.44 | 0.52 | 6,443 | 0.60 | 0.71 |
| Public Order | 31 | 3.05 | 0.57 | 962 | 3.87 | 0.67 | 60,049 | 5.52 | 0.95 |
| Robbery | 9 | 0.90 | 1.80 | 342 | 1.37 | 1.16 | 30,804 | 2.83 | 2.40 |
| Shoplifting | 98 | 9.58 | 1.34 | 1,303 | 5.27 | 0.74 | 87,976 | 8.09 | 1.13 |
| Theft From the Person | 16 | 1.59 | 1.20 | 327 | 1.31 | 0.85 | 77,160 | 7.11 | 4.59 |
| Vehicle Crime | 81 | 7.91 | 1.84 | 1,266 | 5.08 | 1.18 | 81,755 | 7.50 | 1.74 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 194 | 19.04 | 0.63 | 4,867 | 19.61 | 0.65 | 273,434 | 25.12 | 0.83 |
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Total Crime by Year
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 620 | 60.91 | 0.89 | 13,175 | 53.01 | 0.74 | 896,400 | 82.39 | 1.14 |
| 2025 | 646 | 65.91 | 0.93 | 13,677 | 57.44 | 0.78 | 896,961 | 83.23 | 1.12 |
| 2024 | 842 | 88.40 | 1.22 | 13,781 | 59.52 | 0.79 | 900,986 | 84.38 | 1.12 |
| 2023 | 581 | 62.64 | 0.83 | 13,398 | 58.86 | 0.74 | 835,471 | 78.98 | 1.00 |
| 2022 | 449 | 48.95 | 0.69 | 13,078 | 57.69 | 0.75 | 795,646 | 75.77 | 0.99 |
| 2021 | 569 | 61.33 | 0.94 | 12,720 | 55.84 | 0.81 | 727,983 | 69.09 | 1.01 |
| 2020 | 517 | 52.96 | 0.78 | 13,464 | 58.81 | 0.79 | 819,467 | 77.66 | 1.05 |
| 2019 | 491 | 49.08 | 0.70 | 13,967 | 60.97 | 0.80 | 849,310 | 80.70 | 1.06 |
| 2018 | 511 | 51.10 | 0.77 | 13,625 | 59.55 | 0.84 | 810,063 | 77.08 | 1.08 |
| 2017 | 489 | 49.03 | 0.83 | 12,803 | 55.90 | 0.87 | 758,160 | 72.41 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 140 | 14.05 | 0.82 | 4,211 | 18.39 | 0.96 | 234,565 | 22.42 | 1.18 |
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