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Crime in SM1 1

How much crime is recorded in SM1 1, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Sutton
Region
London
Population
17,860 (2024)
Crime

How safe is SM1 1

Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 40.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in SM1 1, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
40.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
99
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).

SM1 1National
Violence and sexual offences29.623.6
Anti-social behaviour18.710.7
Shoplifting12.48.4
Burglary11.39.1
Public order9.54.6
Other theft6.24.5
Drugs4.12.4
Vehicle crime3.93.5
Criminal damage and arson3.54.7
Robbery3.41.4
Theft from the person2.92.1
Bicycle theft1.41.0
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Other crime0.71.5
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
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40
2022202320242025

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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