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Crime in SM5 1

How much crime is recorded in SM5 1, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Sutton
Region
London
Population
20,302 (2024)
Crime

How safe is SM5 1

Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 34.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in SM5 1, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
34.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
66
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).

SM5 1National
Violence and sexual offences26.023.6
Anti-social behaviour14.310.7
Burglary9.09.1
Public order5.64.6
Vehicle crime4.73.5
Other theft3.24.5
Criminal damage and arson2.94.7
Drugs2.82.4
Shoplifting1.18.4
Other crime1.11.5
Robbery0.71.4
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Theft from the person0.52.1
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

It has fallen 9% since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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