Total Crime Rate
178.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thicket Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 128 local areas in Carshalton Central , and the 46th highest crime rate of 572 local areas in Sutton .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Thicket Road (SM1 4PR) in the last 12 months was 178.7 per 1,000 residents and was 142.5% higher than the Carshalton Central average (73.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -18.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 51.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thicket Road (SM1 4PR), the main crime hotspot is near Benhill Avenue. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sutton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Benhill Wood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Princes Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bishop'S Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | The Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Broadway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Goossens Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nursery Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montana Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishop'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Carshalton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivydene Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Munslow Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Munslow Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Munslow Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Munslow Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Munslow Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bishop'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goossens Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thicket Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Thicket Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Godstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Godstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lower Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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