Total Crime Rate

85.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 85.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.1 8/10
  • Drugs 9.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.8 8/10
  • Burglary 6.6 7/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Public order 3.3 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Westmead Road area has the 35th highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Carshalton Central , and the 162nd 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 Westmead Road (SM1 4HX) in the last 12 months was 85.3 per 1,000 residents and was 22.2% higher than the Carshalton Central average (69.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 57.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 39.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Westmead Road (SM1 4HX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Godstone Road, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cowper Avenue (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Westmead Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Benhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lower Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour William Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oliver Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Benhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kingsley Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Benhill Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Victoria Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowper Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Erskine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Erskine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carshalton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Constance Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Byron Avenue East Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thicket Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Florian Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Florian Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Munslow Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Harold Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parkhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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