Merton Park

Theft and Violence related offences - Morden Town Centre

Issued 03 June 2026

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



Shoplifting offences do continue to occur, as a team we will continue to run operations in the town centre, both ourselves and working with council teams and store detectives on days of action to target theft offences
So far we have run three operations in the Morden area, leading to the arrests and charges of numerous offenders as well as other disposals such as on the spot fines or banning notices for other offenders not suitable for arrest.

1 male was sentenced to 20 months in prison for associated theft offences

Actioned 03 September 2026

Burglary

Issued 03 June 2026

PCSO's have been completing re-assurance and crime prevention patrols to areas where there have been burglaries on the ward.

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 have run two pro-active operations in the area in 2026, both resulting in reduced reports of burglary and motor vehicle crime in the associated time frame, as well as a number of arrests completed for a variety of offences.

Actioned 03 September 2026

Anti-social behaviour in parks and open spaces

Issued 03 June 2026

ASB is an on-going local concern in parks and open spaces.
These types of incidents often increase in the warmer months, and as such more of our patrols will be on parks and open spaces across the ward over the summer months

Local officers will continue to patrol parks and open spaces and combat criminality and Anti-social behaviour in those locations where present.
We will work in partnership with council ASB officers in affected areas to route out any identified concerns and identify those responsible, and use preventative legislation (via the early intervention scheme) to reduce anti-social behaviour.

Actioned 03 September 2026