Crime and Safety in Wallington, Sutton

Last updated: 07 Jun 2026

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The most common crimes in Wallington are violence and sexual offences, with 492 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 21. This is 4.5% lower than 2025's figure of 515 offences and a difference of 1.03 from 2025's crime rate of 22. Wallington's least common crime is bicycle theft, with 5 offences recorded in 2026, a decrease of 44% from 2025's figure of 9 crimes.

Wallington 2026 Crime Scorecard

2.9% lower, borough crime rate

London

21% lower, national crime rate

England, Wales & NI

Local Crime in Context

As of April 2026, the crime rate in Sutton is 2.9% lower than London and 21% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.

Sutton Crime Rate Over Time

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Wallington
Sutton
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Wallington Crime Map

Incidents mapped in Wallington 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 Wallington's crime statistics

 

This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Wallington up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Wallington's 97 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 Wallington

Crime Risk Scores

Wallington • 12 Months Ending April 2026

 

The typical five-minute walk within Wallington has a crime risk score of 459. This is based on analysis of 97 nearby areas within Wallington, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.

Five Mins
459 crime risk score
Ten Mins
566 crime risk score
Fifteen Mins
622 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 Wallington's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.

Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Wallington, crime risk scores are typically around 459, while in Sutton they are average 445.

Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 566 (523 for Sutton), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 622 (Sutton 568).

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Trends in Crime Risk

Wallington

 

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.

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No trend could be found in Wallington's crime risk scores over the last 10 years, and the trend may well be static.

Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Wallington's crime risk score is up by 5%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.

Over the last year, Wallington's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 1.5%, indicating that the risk profile is going down. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.

Crime Rates and Indexes

Wallington

 

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

Wallington • 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.

Robbery
1.31 CrimeRate Index
Vehicle Crime
1.29 CrimeRate Index
Burglary
1.26 CrimeRate Index

Robbery offences have a crime rate of 1.55 reports per 1,000 people in Wallington, which is 1.31 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 36 crime reports logged by Metropolitan Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.

For the same period, Metropolitan Police recorded 128 reports of Vehicle Crime in Wallington, resulting in a crime rate of 5.56 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.29.

The crime rate for Burglary is 1.26 times the national average at 3.94 reports per 1,000. This is from 91 crime reports reported to Metropolitan Police.

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Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types

Wallington

 

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.

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Drugs offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.39 for the month of April 2026.

Three years ago, the monthly Drugs CrimeRate Index was 1.24 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 69% over this timeframe.

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Theft From the Person offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.08 for the month of April 2026.

Three years ago, the monthly Theft From the Person CrimeRate Index was 1.31 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 18% over this timeframe.

Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types

Wallington

 

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

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Violence and Sexual Offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.69 for the month of April 2026.

Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 0.71 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 2.8% over this timeframe.

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Possession of Weapons offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of - for the month of April 2026.

Three years ago, the monthly Possession of Weapons CrimeRate Index was 0.57 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a near-complete decrease over this timeframe.

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Robbery offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.30 for the month of April 2026.

Three years ago, the monthly Robbery CrimeRate Index was 1.00 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 30% over this timeframe.

Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map

Wallington • 12 Months Ending April 2026

 

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

 
Wallington
Sutton
London
Crime TypeCountRateIndexCountRateIndexCountRateIndex
Anti-Social Behaviour31713.770.973,20714.111.00235,98521.681.53
Bicycle Theft50.200.71850.380.5213,6951.261.73
Burglary913.941.268203.621.1647,3594.341.39
Criminal Damage and Arson984.260.689684.270.6854,0984.990.79
Drugs863.741.216732.960.9653,1674.871.58
Other Crime241.040.752311.020.5513,0081.190.64
Other Theft1054.560.809364.110.7297,4528.971.58
Possession of Weapons70.300.86930.430.516,4430.600.71
Public Order813.490.601,1445.040.8760,0495.520.95
Robbery361.551.312831.231.0430,8042.832.40
Shoplifting1295.590.781,4116.220.8787,9768.091.13
Theft From the Person321.400.992230.990.6477,1607.114.59
Vehicle Crime1285.561.291,2565.551.2981,7557.501.74
Violence and Sexual Offences49221.360.705,19722.890.75273,43425.120.83
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Total Crime by Year

 
Wallington
Sutton
London
YearCountRateIndexCountRateIndexCountRateIndex
20261,31456.990.8113,32058.710.82896,40082.391.14
20251,51665.800.9012,93757.220.77896,96183.231.12
20241,55167.390.9113,03258.160.77900,98684.381.12
20231,48164.870.8413,20259.650.75835,47178.981.00
20221,48965.130.8613,15359.600.78795,64675.770.99
20211,27855.600.8311,86853.730.78727,98369.091.01
20201,55968.270.9413,30960.520.82819,46777.661.05
20191,22254.060.7212,50657.480.75849,31080.701.06
20181,19753.410.7811,94155.500.78810,06377.081.08
20171,07247.950.7810,77150.480.79758,16072.411.13
201634915.590.843,71517.450.92234,56522.421.18
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Wallington Compared to Other Sutton Neighbourhoods

12 Months Ending Apr 2026

 

NeighbourhoodTotal CrimesCrime RateRate Difference
Carshalton on the Hill20538.3033% safer
Carshalton75059.754.8% more dangerous
Beddington South99568.7421% more dangerous
Beddington70892.0962% more dangerous
The Wrythe66293.2864% more dangerous

Frequently Asked Questions

Crime in Sutton

 

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

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