Postcode · Mitcham
Crime in CR4 1BB
How much crime is recorded in CR4 1BB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Lonesome
- Council
- Merton
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,088 (2024)
CR4 1BBMitcham
How safe is CR4 1BB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 34.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CR4 1BB area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
34.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
54
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
CR4 1BBNational
Violence and sexual offences21.723.6
Anti-social behaviour8.510.7
Burglary7.99.1
Vehicle crime7.53.5
Public order3.14.6
Drugs2.02.4
Criminal damage and arson1.84.7
Other crime1.71.5
Other theft1.64.5
Possession of weapons1.30.9
Robbery1.21.4
Theft from the person0.92.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 7% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.