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Rowan Road

Middle area

East Merton. 9,545 people in 1.2 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Rowan Road live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£481,250
1,100th most expensive of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
9,329
Joint 1,779th most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Rowan Road

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Rowan Road at a rate of 73.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 74.1 per 1,000 people across Merton.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences249
Anti-social behaviour152
Other crime101
Vehicle crime64
Burglary45
Drug offences33
Criminal damage and arson28
Robbery14
Shoplifting7
Theft from the person6

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Rowan Road compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

Rowan RoadMiddle
Median sale price25 middle areas, Merton · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Merton25 areas from £400,000 to £2,025,000. The middle area is £531,150. Rowan Road is £481,250.
£481,25011th cheapest
Population25 middle areas, Merton · 2021
Population: every middle area in Merton25 areas from 5,524 to 10,035. The middle area is 8,661. Rowan Road is 9,329.
9,3295th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares25 middle areas, Merton · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Merton25 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Rowan Road is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage25 middle areas, Merton · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Merton25 areas from 78.1% to 99.8%. The middle area is 96.1%. Rowan Road is 98.4%.
98.4%joint 5th highest

Is Rowan Road safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Rowan Road at a rate of 73.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 74.1 per 1,000 people across Merton.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 41 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Rowan Road.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (249), anti-social behaviour (152) and other crime (101).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Merton

These figures are published for the whole of Merton, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Merton and not Rowan Road alone. See Merton

Average house price
£615,890
Down 0.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£50,844
12th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
12.1×
Joint 20th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
14.4
Joint 86th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Rowan Road in brief

The median price paid for a home in Rowan Road was £481,250 in 2025.

Rowan Road had 9,329 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Rowan Road live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Rowan Road, 98.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.