Postcode · Sutton
Crime in SM2 5EJ
How much crime is recorded in SM2 5EJ, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Sutton South & Shanklin
- Council
- Sutton
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,074 (2024)
SM2 5EJSutton
How safe is SM2 5EJ
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 23.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SM2 5EJ area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
23.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
45
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).
SM2 5EJNational
Violence and sexual offences18.223.6
Burglary11.09.1
Anti-social behaviour10.510.7
Criminal damage and arson3.64.7
Public order2.84.6
Other theft2.74.5
Vehicle crime1.63.5
Other crime0.81.5
Theft from the person0.62.1
Drugs0.52.4
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Robbery0.11.4
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.