Total Crime Rate
45.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mead Crescent area has the 57th lowest crime rate of 129 local areas in Carshalton Central , and the 237th lowest crime rate of 576 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 Mead Crescent (SM1 3QS) in the last 12 months was 45.0 per 1,000 residents and was 35.5% lower than the Carshalton Central average (69.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mead Crescent (SM1 3QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wrythe Lane, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Farmington Avenue (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Carshalton Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodley Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Byron Avenue East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kingsley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mead Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poulton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wrythe Lane | — |
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