Merton Park

Theft and Violence related offences - Morden Town Centre

Issued 04 November 2025

Officers have been completing both visible and plain clothed patrols in Morden Town Centre, targeting theft and violent crime.

This work has lead to a decrease in theft offences.
12% decrease in robbery year on year (average of 1.6 a month over the last 5 months)
A 43.5% reduction in retail theft over the last 5 months in Morden Town Centre (18.4% decrease year on year)

In the past month a number of offenders have been both arrested and charged for offences in Morden Town Centre, ranging from theft to criminal damage, breach of community protection notice, assault on a police officer and racially aggravated public order offences

Actioned 01 January 2026

Burglary

Issued 04 November 2025

PCSO's have been completing re-assurance and crime prevention patrols to areas where there have been burglaries on the ward.
Offence number remains consistent, a 3.1% increase year on year, which equates to 1 additional burglary over the last 12 months compared to the previous 3 months.

Local officers will conduct enquiries around offences, looking for any evidential leads such as CCTV and analysing offences to see if any linked series are occurring with a similar pattern.

We are also setting up an operation in the local area around targeting burglary and motor vehicle crime, if you notice any suspicious behaviours please also report these to us so we can make the best use of our resources and focus on those looking to commit crime.

Actioned 01 January 2026

Anti-social behaviour in parks and open spaces

Issued 04 November 2025

Officers will continue to patrol parks and open spaces where there are higher levels of reported anti-social behaviour, including rowdy and inconsiderate behaviour and drug use.
This can typically increase around the autumn and early winter period before the new year
If there are any instances of anti-social behaviour please report them so we are aware of locations and dates and times of incidents occurring so that patrols can be best targeted and policing powers can be utilised to target any regular offenders

Actioned 01 January 2026