Postcode · Sutton
Crime in SM1 3BS
How much crime is recorded in SM1 3BS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Sutton Central
- Council
- Sutton
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,908 (2024)
SM1 3BSSutton
How safe is SM1 3BS
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SM1 3BS 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
16.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
36
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 3BSNational
Anti-social behaviour10.810.7
Vehicle crime7.53.5
Violence and sexual offences7.223.6
Burglary3.89.1
Public order3.84.6
Criminal damage and arson2.54.7
Other theft1.74.5
Drugs0.72.4
Other crime0.21.5
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.