Crime and Safety in Carshalton Beeches, Sutton

Last updated: 07 Jun 2026

Page highlights:

The most common crimes in Carshalton Beeches are violence and sexual offences, with 32 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 8. This is 14% higher than 2025's figure of 28 offences and a difference of 1.04 from 2025's crime rate of 7. Carshalton Beeches's least common crime is bicycle theft, with 0 offences recorded in 2026.

Carshalton Beeches 2026 Crime Scorecard

53% lower, borough crime rate

London

62% lower, national crime rate

England, Wales & NI

Local Crime in Context

As of April 2026, the crime rate in Sutton is 53% lower than London and 62% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.

Sutton Crime Rate Over Time

>
Carshalton Beeches
Sutton
London

Carshalton Beeches Crime Map

Incidents mapped in Carshalton Beeches represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.

Use Crime Map

Hover over a point to see a breakdown of crime types recorded at that location. You can also filter by individual crime types, or use a combinations of offences to visualise the data you need.

Open Crime Map

Introduction to Carshalton Beeches's crime statistics

 

This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Carshalton Beeches up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Carshalton Beeches's 121 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:

  • Within a Five-Minute Walk
  • Within a Ten-Minute Walk
  • Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk

Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.

Overview map crime around Carshalton Beeches

Crime Risk Scores

Carshalton Beeches • 12 Months Ending April 2026

 

The typical five-minute walk within Carshalton Beeches has a crime risk score of 255. This is based on analysis of 121 nearby areas within Carshalton Beeches, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.

Five Mins
255 crime risk score
Ten Mins
395 crime risk score
Fifteen Mins
508 crime risk score

Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Carshalton Beeches's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.

Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Carshalton Beeches, crime risk scores are typically around 255, while in Sutton they are average 445.

Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 395 (523 for Sutton), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 508 (Sutton 568).

Download

Trends in Crime Risk

Carshalton Beeches

 

Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.

Download

The 10-year trend indicates a decrease of 14% in Carshalton Beeches's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.

Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Carshalton Beeches's crime risk score is up by 6%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.

Over the last year, Carshalton Beeches's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 10%, indicating that the risk profile is going up. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.

Crime Rates and Indexes

Carshalton Beeches

 

The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.

1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.

Highest Crime Rates

Carshalton Beeches • 12 Months Ending April 2026

 

Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.

Burglary
3.79 CrimeRate Index
Vehicle Crime
1.52 CrimeRate Index
Drugs
1.00 CrimeRate Index

Burglary offences have a crime rate of 7.80 reports per 1,000 people in Carshalton Beeches, which is 3.79 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 30 crime reports logged by Metropolitan Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.

For the same period, Metropolitan Police recorded 23 reports of Vehicle Crime in Carshalton Beeches, resulting in a crime rate of 5.98 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.52.

The crime rate for Drugs is 1.00 times the national average at 0.26 reports per 1,000. This is from 1 crime report reported to Metropolitan Police.

Download

Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types

Carshalton Beeches

 

Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.

Download

Violence and Sexual Offences are trending upwards, though the CrimeRate Index three years ago is too low to measure, and the trend should be reviewed with caution.

Download

Vehicle Crime offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.49 for the month of April 2026.

Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 1.75 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 15% over this timeframe.

Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types

Carshalton Beeches

 

Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.

Download

Burglary offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 4.33 for the month of April 2026.

Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 0.87 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 398% over this timeframe.

Download

Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending downwards, though the CrimeRate Index three years ago is too low to measure, and the trend should be reviewed with caution.

Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map

Carshalton Beeches • 12 Months Ending April 2026

 

Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.

 
Carshalton Beeches
Sutton
London
Crime TypeCountRateIndexCountRateIndexCountRateIndex
Anti-Social Behaviour174.420.473,20714.111.00235,98521.681.53
Bicycle Theft---850.380.5213,6951.261.73
Burglary307.803.798203.621.1647,3594.341.39
Criminal Damage and Arson71.820.679684.270.6854,0984.990.79
Drugs10.261.006732.960.9653,1674.871.58
Other Crime10.261.732311.020.5513,0081.190.64
Other Theft51.300.679364.110.7297,4528.971.58
Possession of Weapons---930.430.516,4430.600.71
Public Order30.780.901,1445.040.8760,0495.520.95
Robbery---2831.231.0430,8042.832.40
Shoplifting41.040.581,4116.220.8787,9768.091.13
Theft From the Person---2230.990.6477,1607.114.59
Vehicle Crime235.981.521,2565.551.2981,7557.501.74
Violence and Sexual Offences328.320.335,19722.890.75273,43425.120.83
Download

Total Crime by Year

 
Carshalton Beeches
Sutton
London
YearCountRateIndexCountRateIndexCountRateIndex
202610627.560.7013,32058.710.82896,40082.391.14
202512231.680.6412,93757.220.77896,96183.231.12
20249725.150.5813,03258.160.77900,98684.381.12
202310527.360.6413,20259.650.75835,47178.981.00
20229725.180.5413,15359.600.78795,64675.770.99
20218622.310.6311,86853.730.78727,98369.091.01
202012532.230.6313,30960.520.82819,46777.661.05
20199825.320.5712,50657.480.75849,31080.701.06
201811529.630.6811,94155.500.78810,06377.081.08
201712231.350.9110,77150.480.79758,16072.411.13
2016359.010.993,71517.450.92234,56522.421.18
Download

Carshalton Beeches Compared to Other Sutton Neighbourhoods

12 Months Ending Apr 2026

 

NeighbourhoodTotal CrimesCrime RateRate Difference
Carshalton on the Hill20538.3039% more dangerous
Little Woodcote12644.5562% more dangerous
Wallington1,31456.99107% more dangerous
Carshalton75059.75117% more dangerous
Sutton3,66465.03136% more dangerous

Frequently Asked Questions

Crime in Sutton

 

What is Carshalton Beeches's most common crime?
The most common crimes in Carshalton Beeches are violence and sexual offences.

What is the least common crime in Carshalton Beeches?
Carshalton Beeches's least common crime is bicycle theft.