Crime Rate in Sutton Central, ward

Sutton Central has the highest crime rate of 20 wards in Sutton district and the 477th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 108th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Sutton Central in the last 12 months was 168.0 per 1,000 residents and was 119.8% higher than the Sutton district average (76.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Sutton Central’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 695 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 11 cases , down -15.4% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 14.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 937 (≈ 66.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Sutton Central ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 280 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Supermarket (89 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.