Postcode · Carshalton
Crime in SM5 3SE
How much crime is recorded in SM5 3SE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Carshalton Village
- Council
- Sutton
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,289 (2024)
SM5 3SECarshalton
How safe is SM5 3SE
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 21.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SM5 3SE 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
21.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
29
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 3SENational
Burglary18.99.1
Violence and sexual offences11.923.6
Anti-social behaviour4.510.7
Vehicle crime2.53.5
Criminal damage and arson1.64.7
Public order0.94.6
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Drugs0.62.4
Robbery0.31.4
Shoplifting0.38.4
Other theft0.24.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 48% 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.