Postcode · Sutton
Crime in SM3 9AR
How much crime is recorded in SM3 9AR, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- North Cheam East
- Council
- Sutton
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,517 (2024)
SM3 9ARSutton
How safe is SM3 9AR
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 17.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SM3 9AR 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
17.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
24
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 9ARNational
Burglary14.09.1
Violence and sexual offences10.423.6
Anti-social behaviour4.310.7
Vehicle crime3.43.5
Other theft1.04.5
Criminal damage and arson0.54.7
Robbery0.31.4
Possession of weapons0.10.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 55% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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5
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20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.