Postcode · Sutton
Crime in SM2 5TR
How much crime is recorded in SM2 5TR, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Sutton South West
- Council
- Sutton
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,819 (2024)
SM2 5TRSutton
How safe is SM2 5TR
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 19.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SM2 5TR 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
19.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
43
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 5TRNational
Violence and sexual offences13.923.6
Anti-social behaviour11.810.7
Burglary7.29.1
Other theft4.04.5
Public order2.74.6
Theft from the person1.62.1
Criminal damage and arson1.54.7
Drugs1.32.4
Vehicle crime1.33.5
Robbery1.31.4
Shoplifting0.78.4
Other crime0.61.5
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 19% 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.