Postcode · Sutton
Crime in SM3 8ED
How much crime is recorded in SM3 8ED, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Cheam High Street
- Council
- Sutton
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,595 (2024)
SM3 8EDSutton
How safe is SM3 8ED
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SM3 8ED area, less than half 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
15.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
32
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).
SM3 8EDNational
Burglary12.49.1
Anti-social behaviour9.410.7
Violence and sexual offences9.223.6
Vehicle crime2.73.5
Drugs2.32.4
Public order1.84.6
Other crime1.01.5
Criminal damage and arson0.84.7
Bicycle theft0.81.0
Other theft0.64.5
Theft from the person0.52.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 50% 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.