Normal caution
Based on public recorded crime near Lavender Fields, Merton within 500m.
Incidents
52
Trend
rising
Confidence
High
Crime Summary
Most recent public police data available: July 2026.
Area Profile
Museum-heavy, well connected, and generally calmer late at night than major nightlife districts.
Local Policing
This point falls in the Lavender Fields neighbourhood, covered by the Metropolitan Police.
Current local priorities
- There have been multiple reports of persistent anti-social behaviour in and around Sheldrick Close and the surrounding streets. This activity has included incidents that are causing significant concern to local residents, impacting their quality of life and sense of safety. The behaviour reported ranges from groups congregating and causing disturbances to acts of vandalism and intimidation
- Parking issues around Lavender Avenue, Steers Mead, Veals Mead
- Drugs ASB occurring in Lavender Park, Tamworth Farm and Portland Road area. Focus on reducing drug dealing and drug use in the open spaces and surrounding streets. These locations have been highlighted due to the amount of positive drugs stop and search conducted as well as information reports from local residents.
Transport
Nearest rail-based stations from the TfL Unified API.
Phipps Bridge Tram Stop
947m away · Tram
Colliers Wood
1.0km away · Northern
Belgrave Walk Tram Stop
1.0km away · Tram
Mitcham Eastfields
1.2km away · Southern, Thameslink
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How to Read This
Designed for travel planning, not certainty.
- Recent street-level incidents within the selected radius are weighted by category.
- Violence, robbery, weapons and burglary carry higher weight than lower-severity categories.
- A stable neighbourhood baseline from the official English Indices of Deprivation crime domain anchors the score.
- Dense central visitor areas are normalized so footfall does not automatically imply danger.
- Improving recent trend slightly lifts the score; a rising trend lowers it.
- The score is indicative and based only on public recorded crime data, not a guarantee of personal safety.
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