Total Crime Rate
97.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Minster Avenue area has the 4th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in St Helier West , and the 142nd highest crime rate of 572 local areas in Sutton .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Minster Avenue (SM1 2NL) in the last 12 months was 97.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.6% higher than the St Helier West average (92.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 36.4% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 40.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Minster Avenue (SM1 2NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clensham Court, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Leafield Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sutton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sutton Common Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clensham Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clensham Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clensham Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stayton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Anton Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Anton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Anton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Anton Crescent | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Anton Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Anton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Anton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sutton Common Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northspur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northspur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutton Common Road | Under investigation |
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