Postcode · Carshalton
Crime in SM5 3PG
How much crime is recorded in SM5 3PG, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Carshalton Village
- Council
- Sutton
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,553 (2024)
SM5 3PGCarshalton
How safe is SM5 3PG
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SM5 3PG area, well 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
20.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
96
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).
SM5 3PGNational
Shoplifting51.78.4
Anti-social behaviour16.010.7
Violence and sexual offences11.323.6
Burglary9.69.1
Vehicle crime5.13.5
Public order3.54.6
Drugs2.32.4
Other theft1.64.5
Other crime1.01.5
Robbery1.01.4
Possession of weapons0.20.9
Criminal damage and arson0.24.7
Theft from the person0.12.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 24% 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.