Police-recorded · Merton · Metropolitan Police Service
Violence and sexual offences in Merton
12 months to June 2026
22.6per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 4,952 violence and sexual offences offences in Merton in the 12 months to June 2026, up 11.0% (491) on the previous 12 months. That is 22.6 per 1,000 residents against 34.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Violence and sexual offences”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 218,891
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
Each year since 2011
Year to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
1,510 (partial)
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June 2012
2,249
11.0
2012
June 2013
2,342
11.2
2013
June 2014
2,404
11.4
2014
June 2015
2,951
13.8
2015
June 2016
3,700
17.2
2016
June 2017
3,651
16.9
2017
June 2018
3,744
17.3
2018
June 2019
4,166
19.2
2019
June 2020
4,108
18.9
2020
June 2021
4,564
21.2
2021
June 2022
4,524
20.9
2022
June 2023
4,584
21.0
2023
June 2024
4,673
21.2
2024
June 2025
4,461
20.4
2025
June 2026
4,952
22.6
2025
What this measures
Offences against the person, from common assault and harassment to wounding, together with rape and other sexual offences. These are grouped together in the police.uk data and cannot be separated here.
Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.