Total Crime Rate

83.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 83.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.1 5/10
  • Other theft 14.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.5 6/10
  • Burglary 11.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Litchfield Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Sutton Central , and the 169th highest crime rate of 576 local areas in Sutton .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Litchfield Road (SM1 4BQ) in the last 12 months was 83.3 per 1,000 residents and was 50.4% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 23.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Litchfield Road (SM1 4BQ), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 280 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Litchfield Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manor Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lodge Road
Sep 2025Robbery High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Throwley Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elm Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lodge Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Lodge Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lodge Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jengar Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elm Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Litchfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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