Postcode · Carshalton
Crime in SM5 4PB
How much crime is recorded in SM5 4PB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Carshalton Beeches & Banstead Road
- Council
- Sutton
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,910 (2024)
SM5 4PBCarshalton
How safe is SM5 4PB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 17.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SM5 4PB 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
17.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
28
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 4PBNational
Burglary23.09.1
Violence and sexual offences7.123.6
Anti-social behaviour6.310.7
Vehicle crime3.93.5
Shoplifting1.38.4
Other theft1.14.5
Public order0.84.6
Theft from the person0.42.1
Drugs0.32.4
Robbery0.31.4
Criminal damage and arson0.24.7
Possession of weapons0.20.9
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat 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.