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Cricket Green
Merton, London
PocketsMitcham West (Church Road · Baron Fields · Miles Road Recreation Ground)Mitcham South (Baron Fields · Mitcham Common)Merton Church Road & Phipps BridgeMitcham East
Cricket Green sits in the east of Merton around Mitcham's historic green, a ward with a rare surviving village core and substantial common land on the southern edge. Roughly a quarter of the ward falls inside conservation area. The 31 listed buildings include two Grade II* entries — The Canons (a seventeenth-century house) and the Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul — plus the Grade II Elm Lodge. Mitcham Common delivers 30 hectares of green space, total green space reaches 83, and eighteen outstanding-rated schools sit within reach. Education scores strongly, and public-transport access is moderate with Mitcham tram stop and Mitcham Junction on Thameslink. The negatives: safety sits below the borough median, market conditions favour buyers which reflects constrained demand, and culture is thin despite the historic core.
- Strongest70Nature Access
Strong access to green space and waterways
- Also strong66Education
Strong access to rated primary and secondary schools
- Watch out10Area development
Little recent major-development activity
At a glance
- Good public-transport access
- 31 listed buildings
- 23.4% covered by a conservation area
- 5 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Mitcham Common (30 hectares)
- 110 open venues (66 food and drink, 44 other)
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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
Property prices & growth
51Better than 56% of London
How scores work - Purchase affordability75
- Rent affordability85
- Price momentum (5yr)34
- Activity (turnover)28
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£ per square foot to buy, an estimated 2-bed rent, and decades of sale-price history for this ward.
For Cricket Green: 56 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
35Better than 23% of London
- Personal safety30
- Property crime49
- Anti-social behaviour24
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Connectivity
47Better than 56% of London
Median public-transport access is good (TfL PTAL 4.0 of 8 across this ward).
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Air & Quiet
56Better than 62% of London
- Air quality53
- Quietness60
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Cultural Signal
23Better than 50% of London
- Nightlife0
- Dining14
- Arts & culture7
- Retail & shops14
- Sports & recreation0
- Independent scene43
- Vitality (openings, diversity)63
110 open venues nearby — 66 food & drink, 44 other.
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Education
66Better than 97% of London
- Primary schools58
- Secondary schools74
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For Cricket Green: 9 schools, each with its inspection record
Heritage
41Better than 54% of London
31 listed buildings · 23% under a conservation area
- The CanonsGrade II*
- Parish Church of St Peter and St PaulGrade II*
- Elm LodgeGrade II
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
70Better than 75% of London
- Green spaces94
- Waterways20
Largest green space: Mitcham Common (30 ha). ~83 ha of green space in total.
Area development
10Better than 72% of London
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- Is Cricket Green safe?
- Cricket Green scores 35 for safety, based on street-level recorded crime (police.uk) — recording more crime than most London wards. The score weighs personal safety, property crime and anti-social behaviour separately rather than ranking on one raw total, so the mix of crime matters as well as the volume.
- Is Cricket Green a good place to live?
- Cricket Green scores 45 overall when all nine data layers are weighted equally. The London comparison beside the score shows how that number ranks against every ward. Its strongest suits are nature access (70) and education (66); its weakest is area development (10). Whether it suits you depends on what you weight — the same data re-ranked around your own priorities can read very differently.
- How well connected is Cricket Green?
- Good public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in Cricket Green 4 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 47 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is Cricket Green expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, Cricket Green is among London's more affordable areas to buy: its purchase-affordability score is 15/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).
- What are the schools like near Cricket Green?
- Cricket Green scores 66 for education, based on Ofsted ratings and walking distance to the nearest rated primary and secondary schools. 5 schools within a kilometre hold an Outstanding rating.
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