Postcode district · Sutton
Crime in SM1
How much crime is recorded in SM1, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Sutton
- Region
- London
- Population
- 61,826 (2024)
SM1Postcode district · Sutton
How safe is SM1
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 29.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in SM1, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
29.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
66
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).
SM1National
Violence and sexual offences20.923.6
Anti-social behaviour12.310.7
Shoplifting10.38.4
Burglary8.59.1
Public order5.74.6
Vehicle crime4.43.5
Other theft3.74.5
Drugs2.72.4
Criminal damage and arson2.54.7
Robbery1.91.4
Theft from the person1.62.1
Bicycle theft0.81.0
Other crime0.71.5
Possession of weapons0.50.9
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.