Crime and Safety in North Cheam, Sutton
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The most common crimes in North Cheam are violence and sexual offences, with 176 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 15. This is 10% higher than 2025's figure of 160 offences and a difference of 1.41 from 2025's crime rate of 14. North Cheam's least common crime is bicycle theft, with 4 offences recorded in 2026, the same as 2025's figure of 4 crimes.
North Cheam 2026 Crime Scorecard
24% lower, borough crime rate
London
38% lower, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Sutton is 24% lower than London and 38% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Sutton Crime Rate Over Time
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North Cheam Crime Map
Incidents mapped in North Cheam represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to North Cheam's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around North Cheam up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of North Cheam's 26 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.
Crime Risk Scores
North Cheam • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within North Cheam has a crime risk score of 385. This is based on analysis of 26 nearby areas within North Cheam, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
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 North Cheam's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in North Cheam, crime risk scores are typically around 385, while in Sutton they are average 445.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 454 (523 for Sutton), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 493 (Sutton 568).
Trends in Crime Risk
North Cheam
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.
The 10-year trend indicates a decrease of 21% in North Cheam'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 North Cheam's crime risk score is up by 7%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
The risk score trend over the last year has not shown any statistically meaningful movement up or down.
Crime Rates and Indexes
North Cheam
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
North Cheam • 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.
Possession of Weapons offences have a crime rate of 0.36 reports per 1,000 people in North Cheam, which is 1.80 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 4 crime reports logged by Metropolitan Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Metropolitan Police recorded 15 reports of Robbery in North Cheam, resulting in a crime rate of 1.33 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.49.
The crime rate for Theft From the Person is 1.34 times the national average at 1.51 reports per 1,000. This is from 17 crime reports reported to Metropolitan Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
North Cheam
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.
Shoplifting offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.27 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Shoplifting CrimeRate Index was 0.36 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 25% over this timeframe.
Burglary offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.75 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 0.90 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 17% over this timeframe.
Drugs offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.78 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Drugs CrimeRate Index was 0.43 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 81% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
North Cheam
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Vehicle Crime offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.00 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 1.43 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 30% over this timeframe.
Possession of Weapons 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
North Cheam • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 183 | 16.11 | 1.14 | 3,207 | 14.11 | 1.00 | 235,985 | 21.68 | 1.53 |
| Bicycle Theft | 4 | 0.36 | 1.50 | 85 | 0.38 | 0.52 | 13,695 | 1.26 | 1.73 |
| Burglary | 34 | 3.02 | 1.06 | 820 | 3.62 | 1.16 | 47,359 | 4.34 | 1.39 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 41 | 3.61 | 0.57 | 968 | 4.27 | 0.68 | 54,098 | 4.99 | 0.79 |
| Drugs | 25 | 2.20 | 1.09 | 673 | 2.96 | 0.96 | 53,167 | 4.87 | 1.58 |
| Other Crime | 6 | 0.54 | 0.68 | 231 | 1.02 | 0.55 | 13,008 | 1.19 | 0.64 |
| Other Theft | 39 | 3.44 | 0.60 | 936 | 4.11 | 0.72 | 97,452 | 8.97 | 1.58 |
| Possession of Weapons | 4 | 0.36 | 1.80 | 93 | 0.43 | 0.51 | 6,443 | 0.60 | 0.71 |
| Public Order | 47 | 4.13 | 0.77 | 1,144 | 5.04 | 0.87 | 60,049 | 5.52 | 0.95 |
| Robbery | 15 | 1.33 | 1.49 | 283 | 1.23 | 1.04 | 30,804 | 2.83 | 2.40 |
| Shoplifting | 53 | 4.67 | 0.65 | 1,411 | 6.22 | 0.87 | 87,976 | 8.09 | 1.13 |
| Theft From the Person | 17 | 1.51 | 1.34 | 223 | 0.99 | 0.64 | 77,160 | 7.11 | 4.59 |
| Vehicle Crime | 43 | 3.78 | 0.96 | 1,256 | 5.55 | 1.29 | 81,755 | 7.50 | 1.74 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 176 | 15.49 | 0.51 | 5,197 | 22.89 | 0.75 | 273,434 | 25.12 | 0.83 |
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Total Crime by Year
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 504 | 44.44 | 0.66 | 13,320 | 58.71 | 0.82 | 896,400 | 82.39 | 1.14 |
| 2025 | 433 | 38.21 | 0.57 | 12,937 | 57.22 | 0.77 | 896,961 | 83.23 | 1.12 |
| 2024 | 503 | 44.82 | 0.66 | 13,032 | 58.16 | 0.77 | 900,986 | 84.38 | 1.12 |
| 2023 | 495 | 44.33 | 0.61 | 13,202 | 59.65 | 0.75 | 835,471 | 78.98 | 1.00 |
| 2022 | 535 | 47.97 | 0.68 | 13,153 | 59.60 | 0.78 | 795,646 | 75.77 | 0.99 |
| 2021 | 458 | 41.17 | 0.67 | 11,868 | 53.73 | 0.78 | 727,983 | 69.09 | 1.01 |
| 2020 | 573 | 51.79 | 0.77 | 13,309 | 60.52 | 0.82 | 819,467 | 77.66 | 1.05 |
| 2019 | 509 | 46.33 | 0.67 | 12,506 | 57.48 | 0.75 | 849,310 | 80.70 | 1.06 |
| 2018 | 560 | 51.14 | 0.81 | 11,941 | 55.50 | 0.78 | 810,063 | 77.08 | 1.08 |
| 2017 | 508 | 46.19 | 0.80 | 10,771 | 50.48 | 0.79 | 758,160 | 72.41 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 200 | 18.14 | 1.01 | 3,715 | 17.45 | 0.92 | 234,565 | 22.42 | 1.18 |
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North Cheam Compared to Other Sutton Neighbourhoods
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Neighbourhood | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
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| Cheam | 324 | 40.12 | 10% safer |
| Worcester Park | 771 | 40.94 | 8% safer |
| Sutton Common | 506 | 50.12 | 13% more dangerous |
| Sutton | 3,664 | 65.03 | 46% more dangerous |
| Rosehill | 400 | 76.74 | 73% more dangerous |
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