Total Crime Rate
19.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sydney Road area has the lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Sutton North , and the 67th lowest crime rate of 572 local areas in Sutton .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sydney Road (SM1 2RD) in the last 12 months was 19.9 per 1,000 residents and was 68.0% lower than the Sutton North average (62.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sydney Road (SM1 2RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St James' Road, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Orchard Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sutton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James' Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beauchamp Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sydney Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St James Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St James Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St James Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Orchard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wings Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Orchard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ashton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clyde Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Road | Under investigation |
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