Postcode · Sutton
Crime in SM2 5RL
How much crime is recorded in SM2 5RL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Sutton South & Shanklin
- Council
- Sutton
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,635 (2024)
SM2 5RLSutton
How safe is SM2 5RL
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SM2 5RL 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
16.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
38
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 5RLNational
Anti-social behaviour9.910.7
Violence and sexual offences9.923.6
Burglary7.09.1
Vehicle crime3.83.5
Public order3.74.6
Other theft3.14.5
Drugs3.12.4
Criminal damage and arson1.44.7
Robbery0.51.4
Theft from the person0.22.1
Other crime0.11.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 19% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.