Crime and Safety in The Wrythe, Sutton
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The most common crime in The Wrythe is shoplifting, with 268 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 38. This is 70% higher than 2025's figure of 158 offences and a difference of 15.50 from 2025's crime rate of 22. The Wrythe's least common crime is bicycle theft, with 1 offence recorded in 2026, the same as 2025's figure of 1 crime.
The Wrythe 2026 Crime Scorecard
59% higher, borough crime rate
London
30% higher, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Sutton is 59% higher than London and 30% higher than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Sutton Crime Rate Over Time
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The Wrythe Crime Map
Incidents mapped in The Wrythe 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 The Wrythe's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around The Wrythe up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of The Wrythe's 6 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
The Wrythe • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within The Wrythe has a crime risk score of 482. This is based on analysis of 6 nearby areas within The Wrythe, 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 The Wrythe's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in The Wrythe, crime risk scores are typically around 482, while in Sutton they are average 445.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 596 (523 for Sutton), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 647 (Sutton 568).
Trends in Crime Risk
The Wrythe
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 4.7% in The Wrythe'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.
The five-year trend may be static; no significant trend was identified in The Wrythe's crime risk scores during this timeframe.
Over the last year, The Wrythe's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 14%, 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
The Wrythe
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
The Wrythe • 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.
Shoplifting offences have a crime rate of 38 reports per 1,000 people in The Wrythe, which is 5.30 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 268 crime reports logged by Metropolitan Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Metropolitan Police recorded 12 reports of Robbery in The Wrythe, resulting in a crime rate of 1.69 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 3.52.
The crime rate for Possession of Weapons is 2.00 times the national average at 0.14 reports per 1,000. This is from 1 crime report reported to Metropolitan Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
The Wrythe
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, though the CrimeRate Index three years ago is too low to measure, and the trend should be reviewed with caution.
Vehicle Crime offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 2.83 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 2.30 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 23% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
The Wrythe
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.26 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 1.83 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 86% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
The Wrythe • 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 | 104 | 14.69 | 1.04 | 3,207 | 14.11 | 1.00 | 235,985 | 21.68 | 1.53 |
| Bicycle Theft | 1 | 0.14 | 3.50 | 85 | 0.38 | 0.52 | 13,695 | 1.26 | 1.73 |
| Burglary | 15 | 2.10 | 0.80 | 820 | 3.62 | 1.16 | 47,359 | 4.34 | 1.39 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 22 | 3.08 | 0.65 | 968 | 4.27 | 0.68 | 54,098 | 4.99 | 0.79 |
| Drugs | 27 | 3.79 | 1.46 | 673 | 2.96 | 0.96 | 53,167 | 4.87 | 1.58 |
| Other Crime | 6 | 0.84 | 1.09 | 231 | 1.02 | 0.55 | 13,008 | 1.19 | 0.64 |
| Other Theft | 23 | 3.23 | 0.69 | 936 | 4.11 | 0.72 | 97,452 | 8.97 | 1.58 |
| Possession of Weapons | 1 | 0.14 | 2.00 | 93 | 0.43 | 0.51 | 6,443 | 0.60 | 0.71 |
| Public Order | 60 | 8.45 | 1.46 | 1,144 | 5.04 | 0.87 | 60,049 | 5.52 | 0.95 |
| Robbery | 12 | 1.69 | 3.52 | 283 | 1.23 | 1.04 | 30,804 | 2.83 | 2.40 |
| Shoplifting | 268 | 37.80 | 5.30 | 1,411 | 6.22 | 0.87 | 87,976 | 8.09 | 1.13 |
| Theft From the Person | 3 | 0.42 | 1.14 | 223 | 0.99 | 0.64 | 77,160 | 7.11 | 4.59 |
| Vehicle Crime | 45 | 6.34 | 1.47 | 1,256 | 5.55 | 1.29 | 81,755 | 7.50 | 1.74 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 179 | 25.26 | 0.83 | 5,197 | 22.89 | 0.75 | 273,434 | 25.12 | 0.83 |
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Total Crime by Year
The Wrythe | Sutton | London | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 662 | 93.28 | 1.46 | 13,320 | 58.71 | 0.82 | 896,400 | 82.39 | 1.14 |
| 2025 | 570 | 81.08 | 1.22 | 12,937 | 57.22 | 0.77 | 896,961 | 83.23 | 1.12 |
| 2024 | 420 | 60.29 | 0.88 | 13,032 | 58.16 | 0.77 | 900,986 | 84.38 | 1.12 |
| 2023 | 482 | 70.24 | 0.98 | 13,202 | 59.65 | 0.75 | 835,471 | 78.98 | 1.00 |
| 2022 | 467 | 68.27 | 1.02 | 13,153 | 59.60 | 0.78 | 795,646 | 75.77 | 0.99 |
| 2021 | 355 | 51.36 | 0.86 | 11,868 | 53.73 | 0.78 | 727,983 | 69.09 | 1.01 |
| 2020 | 386 | 56.11 | 0.85 | 13,309 | 60.52 | 0.82 | 819,467 | 77.66 | 1.05 |
| 2019 | 463 | 68.36 | 0.99 | 12,506 | 57.48 | 0.75 | 849,310 | 80.70 | 1.06 |
| 2018 | 461 | 68.91 | 1.10 | 11,941 | 55.50 | 0.78 | 810,063 | 77.08 | 1.08 |
| 2017 | 368 | 55.18 | 1.01 | 10,771 | 50.48 | 0.79 | 758,160 | 72.41 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 122 | 18.30 | 1.12 | 3,715 | 17.45 | 0.92 | 234,565 | 22.42 | 1.18 |
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The Wrythe Compared to Other Sutton Neighbourhoods
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Neighbourhood | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
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| Hackbridge | 472 | 48.73 | 48% safer |
| Benhilton | 348 | 48.77 | 48% safer |
| Wallington | 1,314 | 56.99 | 39% safer |
| Carshalton | 750 | 59.75 | 36% safer |
| St. Helier | 1,205 | 70.70 | 24% safer |
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