Postcode district · Sutton
Crime in SM2
How much crime is recorded in SM2, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Sutton
- Region
- London
- Population
- 44,827 (2024)
SM2Postcode district · Sutton
How safe is SM2
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 22.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in SM2, 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
22.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
47
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).
SM2National
Violence and sexual offences16.723.6
Burglary8.99.1
Anti-social behaviour8.210.7
Shoplifting6.88.4
Public order4.34.6
Other theft3.34.5
Vehicle crime2.83.5
Criminal damage and arson2.04.7
Drugs2.02.4
Other crime1.71.5
Theft from the person1.52.1
Robbery1.21.4
Bicycle theft1.11.0
Possession of weapons0.60.9
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.