More than 100 burglary cases were reported in Merton for a single month, and Wimbledon Times can reveal the wards where these crimes were most flagged up to police.
The latest figures recorded by the Metropolitan Police show that 149 of the incidents were reported in the borough for the month of December 2018 (the most up to date figures).
The statistics are broken down into 14 categories, ranging from theft, to possession of weapons, to drugs.
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For the 20 different policing boroughs there is a clear difference when it comes to burglary though.
Village ward in Wimbledon had the most of these particular crimes with 18, while Dundonald had the fewest with just one.
Burglary in Village also accounted for 33.3% of its total reported crimes, ranking at the top of the list.
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Click on the photos above to browse through the total reported crime numbers for each Merton police ward borough for December and also where in those areas the offences took place.
Below is a breakdown of every police ward in Merton, ranked in order of the percentage, with total number of reported burglaries also listed:
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