Postcode · Sutton
Crime in SM1 2DW
How much crime is recorded in SM1 2DW, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Cheam High Street
- Council
- Sutton
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,276 (2024)
SM1 2DWSutton
How safe is SM1 2DW
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SM1 2DW area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
16.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
25
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
SM1 2DWNational
Burglary12.79.1
Vehicle crime9.43.5
Violence and sexual offences3.823.6
Anti-social behaviour3.610.7
Criminal damage and arson2.34.7
Drugs1.02.4
Public order0.94.6
Theft from the person0.62.1
Robbery0.31.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.