Total Crime Rate

50.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 50.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.9 2/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Public order 3.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 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

Benhill Wood Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Sutton Central , and the 266th 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 Benhill Wood Road (SM1 3SS) in the last 12 months was 50.0 per 1,000 residents and was 70.2% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 23.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Benhill Wood Road (SM1 3SS), the main crime hotspot is near Brunswick Road. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Benhill Wood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jengar Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hunting Gate Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belsize Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cressingham Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belsize Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Benhill Wood Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glena Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Gem Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jengar Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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