Postcode · Mitcham
Crime in CR4 3LS
How much crime is recorded in CR4 3LS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Merton Church Road & Phipps Bridge
- Council
- Merton
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,762 (2024)
CR4 3LSMitcham
How safe is CR4 3LS
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 27.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CR4 3LS area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
27.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
46
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 3LSNational
Violence and sexual offences20.323.6
Burglary8.49.1
Anti-social behaviour4.810.7
Other theft3.74.5
Vehicle crime3.53.5
Drugs3.12.4
Public order2.04.6
Criminal damage and arson1.94.7
Other crime1.71.5
Robbery0.81.4
Theft from the person0.72.1
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.