Crime Rates at Benhill Wood Road, Sutton, SM1 4HR

Benhill Wood Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Sutton Central , and the 127th highest crime rate of 572 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 Benhill Wood Road (SM1 4HR) in the last 12 months was 103.9 per 1,000 residents and was 38.9% lower than the Sutton Central average (169.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 59.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Benhill Wood Road (SM1 4HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brunswick Road, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Benhill Avenue (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.