Postcode district · Sutton
Crime in SM3
How much crime is recorded in SM3, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Sutton
- Region
- London
- Population
- 36,972 (2024)
SM3Postcode district · Sutton
How safe is SM3
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 22.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in SM3, 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
22.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
50
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).
SM3National
Violence and sexual offences15.523.6
Burglary8.99.1
Shoplifting8.48.4
Anti-social behaviour8.010.7
Public order4.54.6
Vehicle crime3.53.5
Other theft3.44.5
Drugs2.22.4
Criminal damage and arson2.24.7
Robbery1.71.4
Theft from the person1.52.1
Bicycle theft0.81.0
Other crime0.81.5
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 9% 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.