Postcode · Sutton
Crime in SM2 5SE
How much crime is recorded in SM2 5SE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Carshalton Beeches & Banstead Road
- Council
- Sutton
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,507 (2024)
SM2 5SESutton
How safe is SM2 5SE
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 10.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SM2 5SE area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 2 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
2/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Lower than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
10.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
16
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 5SENational
Violence and sexual offences5.823.6
Burglary4.39.1
Vehicle crime4.13.5
Anti-social behaviour2.410.7
Public order1.14.6
Criminal damage and arson1.04.7
Other theft0.64.5
Theft from the person0.42.1
Drugs0.22.4
Other crime0.01.5
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.