Sutton

Crime and Safety in Sutton, London

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Sutton is among the top 5 safest boroughs in London. The overall crime rate in Sutton in 2021 was 62 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares favourably to London's overall crime rate, coming in 41% lower than the London rate of 87 per 1,000 residents. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Sutton is among the top 10 safest cities, and the 2,061st most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages.

The most common crimes in Sutton are violence and sexual offences, with 4,682 offences during 2021, giving a crime rate of 23. This is 7% higher than 2020's figure of 4,351 offences and a difference of 1.60 from 2020's crime rate of 21. Sutton's least common crimes are possession of weapons, with 69 offences recorded in 2021, a decrease of 41% from 2020's figure of 97 crimes.

Sutton 2022 Crime Scorecard

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40% lower, regional crime rate

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18% lower, national crime rate

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Local Crime in Context

As of 2022, the crime rate in Sutton is 40% lower than London and 18% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.

Sutton Crime Rate Over Time

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Incidents mapped in Sutton represent the time frame between April 2019 and March 2022. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.

Last updated: 11 May, 2022

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Historical Crime Rates for Sutton

Year	Crime Rate per 1,000 people	Total Crimes
2021	62	12,704
2020	62	12,872
2019	66	13,517
2018	59	12,160
2017	58	11,865
2016	53	10,849

Crime in Sutton Compared To London

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Summary of Crimes in Sutton This Year

	Sutton		London
Crime	Count	Rate	Count	Rate	Rate Difference
Anti-Social Behaviour	4,458	21.60	303,000	33.85	57% safer
Bicycle Theft	169	0.82	21,536	2.41	194% safer
Burglary	900	4.36	52,414	5.85	34% safer
Criminal Damage and Arson	1,046	5.07	53,198	5.94	17% safer
Drugs	558	2.70	43,227	4.83	79% safer
Other Crime	158	0.77	10,265	1.15	49% safer
Other Theft	1,127	5.46	90,137	10.07	84% safer
Possession of Weapons	69	0.33	5,014	0.56	70% safer
Public Order	982	4.76	61,305	6.85	44% safer
Robbery	230	1.11	22,528	2.52	127% safer
Shoplifting	627	3.04	33,674	3.76	24% safer
Theft From the Person	214	1.04	39,809	4.45	328% safer
Vehicle Crime	1,942	9.41	98,517	11.00	17% safer
Violence and Sexual Offences	4,682	22.69	244,975	27.36	21% safer

Sutton Compared to Other London Boroughs

Borough	Total Crimes	Crime Rate	Rate Difference
Richmond upon Thames	11,168	56.40	9% safer
Harrow	14,460	57.57	7% safer
Bexley	14,880	59.93	2.7% safer
Sutton	12,704	61.57	-
Kingston upon Thames	10,995	61.94	0.60% more dangerous
Merton	12,841	62.17	0.97% more dangerous
Havering	16,749	64.53	4.6% more dangerous
Bromley	22,194	66.78	8% more dangerous
Barnet	26,555	67.08	8% more dangerous

Crime Over Time in Sutton

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Recent Crimes in Sutton

Date	Crime Type	Location	Outcome
March 2022	Criminal damage and arson	On or near Meadow Walk	Investigation complete; no suspect identified
March 2022	Criminal damage and arson	On or near Avenue Road	Investigation complete; no suspect identified
March 2022	Vehicle crime	On or near Chalgrove Road	Investigation complete; no suspect identified
March 2022	Criminal damage and arson	On or near Police Station	Investigation complete; no suspect identified
March 2022	Other theft	On or near Waltham Road	Investigation complete; no suspect identified
March 2022	Theft from the person	On or near Red House Road	Investigation complete; no suspect identified
March 2022	Drugs	On or near Shopping Area	Local resolution
March 2022	Other theft	On or near Shopping Area	Investigation complete; no suspect identified
March 2022	Shoplifting	On or near Petrol Station	Investigation complete; no suspect identified
March 2022	Shoplifting	On or near Oldfields Road	Investigation complete; no suspect identified
March 2022	Other theft	On or near Whitehall Place	Investigation complete; no suspect identified
March 2022	Other theft	On or near Clarendon Road	Investigation complete; no suspect identified
March 2022	Other theft	On or near Petrol Station	Investigation complete; no suspect identified
March 2022	Vehicle crime	On or near Montagu Gardens	Investigation complete; no suspect identified
March 2022	Vehicle crime	On or near Yarbridge Close	Investigation complete; no suspect identified
March 2022	Bicycle theft	On or near Hospital	Investigation complete; no suspect identified
March 2022	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Primrose Close	Investigation complete; no suspect identified
March 2022	Burglary	On or near Sports/Recreation Area	Investigation complete; no suspect identified
March 2022	Vehicle crime	On or near Green Lane	Investigation complete; no suspect identified
March 2022	Vehicle crime	On or near Fairlands Avenue	Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Sutton Crime Trends

	Crime Rate Per 1,000 Residents
Crime	2018	2019	2020	2021	Trend
Anti-Social Behaviour	15	19	32	22	Getting worse
Bicycle Theft	0.74	0.90	0.89	0.82	Getting worse
Burglary	6	7	4.9	4.4	Safer
Criminal Damage and Arson	6	5	4.5	5	Safer
Drugs	1.5	2.5	3.7	2.7	Getting worse
Other Crime	0.78	0.77	0.99	0.77	No change
Other Theft	6	6	4.7	5	Safer
Possession of Weapons	0.49	0.43	0.47	0.33	Safer
Public Order	4.0	4.6	4.6	4.8	Getting worse
Robbery (inc. mugging)	1.5	1.4	1.2	1.1	Safer
Shoplifting	3.9	4.6	3.6	3.0	Safer
Theft From the Person (inc. pickpocketing)	0.84	1.1	0.84	1.0	Getting worse
Vehicle Crime	9	10	11	9	Getting worse
Violence and Sexual Offences	19	21	21	23	Getting worse

Changes In Sutton's Crime Rates Over Time

Offences in Sutton's Green Spaces

We only display green spaces in Sutton that are named, and have had crimes recorded within their boundaries during 2021.

Name	ASB	Drugs	Public Order	Robbery	VSO	All Others	Crimes per Hectare
Beddington Park	-	7	1	-	1	5	0.26
Benhill Recreation Ground	1	-	-	-	-	0	0.41
Collingwood Recreation Ground	-	2	-	2	2	3	1.3
Cuddington Recreation Ground	11	2	-	-	-	3	1.6
Dale Park Avenue Recreation Ground	5	-	-	-	1	3	6
Mellows Park	-	-	2	-	7	6	2.0
Reigate Avenue Recreation Ground	8	-	1	-	-	0	1.5
Rosehill Park East	-	-	-	-	1	2	0.23
Rosehill Recreation Ground	40	9	5	1	4	3	3.2
St Elphege's Roman Catholic Church	13	2	2	-	8	6	95
St Mary's Field	-	1	-	-	3	2	11
Stanley Park	-	-	-	-	-	2	0.56
Sutton Cricket Ground	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.37
The Grove	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.14
The Thomas Wall Park	4	3	-	-	6	4	2.5
The Warren	-	-	-	-	-	2	2.1

Comparing Sutton to the UK's Major Cities

City	Crime Rate	Rate Difference
Coventry	39.93	54% safer
Birmingham	49.60	24% safer
Sutton	61.57	-
Barnet	67.08	8% more dangerous
Croydon	82.48	25% more dangerous
Sheffield	90.03	32% more dangerous
Bristol	90.52	32% more dangerous
Leicester	111.59	45% more dangerous
Liverpool	123.06	50% more dangerous
Bradford	132.28	53% more dangerous
Leeds	150.94	59% more dangerous

Crime in Sutton's Neighbourhoods

Sutton Central is the most dangerous neighbourhood in Sutton, followed by St Helier South in second place, and Middleton Circle as the third most dangerous area. Sutton's safest neighbourhoods are, in order, Belmont & South Cheam, Carshalton Beeches & Banstead Road, and North Cheam West.

Neighbourhood	Crime Count	Crime Rate	Danger Rank
Beddington	701	64	Ninth
Belmont & South Cheam	292	34	22nd
Carshalton Beeches & Banstead Road	240	31	23rd
Carshalton on the Hill	410	47	18th
Carshalton Village	479	63	Tenth
Cheam High Street	389	48	17th
Hackbridge	581	67	Eighth
Middleton Circle	681	78	Third
North Cheam East	436	54	13th
North Cheam West	284	30	24th
Orchard Hill, Woodcote Green & Clockhouse	300	44	20th
Roundshaw	607	72	Fifth
St Helier South	886	96	Second
Stonecot	456	57	11th
Sutton Central	1,580	153	First
Sutton East	408	51	16th
Sutton North	347	46	19th
Sutton South & Shanklin	464	54	12th
Sutton South West	602	69	Seventh
Sutton West	437	54	14th
The Wrythe	602	71	Sixth
Wallington North	432	54	15th
Wallington South	697	75	Fourth
Worcester Park East	395	40	21st

Sutton Neighbourhood Crime Breakdown

Showing the safest and most dangerous parts of Sutton for specific criminal activity, with crime count and rate shown in brackets.

Crime Type	Safest Neighbourhood	Most Dangerous Neighbourhood
Anti-Social Behaviour	Carshalton Beeches & Banstead Road (64)	Sutton Central (564)
Bicycle Theft	Roundshaw (1)	Sutton Central (40)
Burglary	Cheam High Street (25)	Wallington South (54)
Criminal Damage and Arson	Belmont & South Cheam (12)	Sutton Central (113)
Drugs	Worcester Park East (9)	Sutton Central (51)
Other Crime	Sutton South West (2)	Hackbridge (12)
Other Theft	North Cheam West (19)	Sutton Central (171)
Possession of Weapons	Sutton South & Shanklin (1)	Sutton South West (8)
Public Order	Belmont & South Cheam (13)	Sutton Central (148)
Robbery (inc. mugging)	North Cheam West (2)	Sutton Central (38)
Shoplifting	North Cheam West (1)	Sutton Central (271)
Theft From the Person (inc. pickpocketing)	North Cheam West (1)	Sutton Central (119)
Vehicle Crime	Worcester Park East (39)	Stonecot (134)
Violence and Sexual Offences	Carshalton Beeches & Banstead Road (76)	Sutton Central (460)

Crime in Sutton During Coronavirus Lockdowns

Looking at the months the UK was in lockdown in 2020 due to Covid-19, how did crime rates in Sutton change compared to the same month in 2019? The biggest increase in lockdown crime came in April, when Sutton saw a 275% increase in possession of weapons. Sutton saw a large fall in theft from the person during April, when it fell by 90% compared to April in 2019. Rates of burglary and robbery both fell year-on-year for every month during Sutton's lockdown.

Crime	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Anti-Social Behaviour	+12%	+233%	+173%	+62%	+13%	+16%	+46%	+38%	+87%	+89%
Bicycle Theft	+217%	-61%	+57%	-	+18%	-10%	-	-6%	-38%	-75%
Burglary	-14%	-52%	-37%	-35%	-	-36%	-24%	-54%	-37%	-20%
Criminal Damage and Arson	-9%	-39%	-41%	-7%	-14%	-5%	-3%	-15%	-7%	-26%
Drugs	+11%	+93%	+98%	+63%	+13%	+22%	+17%	+125%	+49%	+53%
Other Crime	-29%	+87%	+36%	+111%	+45%	+55%	+7%	-19%	+13%	+67%
Other Theft	-23%	-48%	-50%	-26%	-9%	-4%	-9%	-34%	-22%	-31%
Possession of Weapons	-29%	+275%	+14%	-33%	-55%	-33%	+200%	+88%	+33%	-80%
Public Order	-	-24%	-17%	-9%	-2%	+14%	+11%	-5%	+21%	-10%
Robbery	+19%	-69%	-40%	-33%	-5%	-25%	-24%	-28%	-4%	-6%
Shoplifting	-15%	-40%	-56%	-37%	-45%	-40%	-31%	+3%	-43%	+33%
Theft From the Person	+12%	-90%	-75%	+20%	+19%	-4%	-29%	+12%	-	-69%
Vehicle Crime	+51%	-30%	-14%	+38%	+12%	-20%	+13%	+13%	+23%	-23%
Violence and Sexual Offences	+1%	-21%	-1%	+2%	+1%	-7%	-2%	+2%	+15%	-16%

Frequently Asked Questions About Crime in Sutton

What police force serves Sutton?

Sutton's local territorial police force is the Metropolitan Police Service.

How dangerous is Sutton?

Sutton is among the top 5 safest boroughs in London.

What is Sutton's most common crime?

The most common crimes in Sutton are violence and sexual offences.

What is the least common crime in Sutton?

Sutton's least common crimes are possession of weapons.

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