Total Crime Rate

581.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 581.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 234.3 10/10
  • Public order 96.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 52.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.8 9/10
  • Other theft 39.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 33.5 7/10
  • Drugs 31.4 10/10
  • Burglary 14.6 9/10
  • Theft from the person 12.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.3 8/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Robbery 2.1 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

St Nicholas Way area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Sutton Central , and the 4th highest crime rate of 576 local areas in Sutton .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Nicholas Way (SM1 1AT) in the last 12 months was 581.6 per 1,000 residents and was 246.2% higher than the Sutton Central average (168.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 112 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -87.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 162 (≈ 338.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Nicholas Way (SM1 1AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 280 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (84 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Nicholas Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Nicholas Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Homefield Park
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sutton Park Road
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Sutton Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sutton Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lodge Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lodge Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation

Data Sources

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