Total Crime Rate
464.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Malden Road area has the highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Cheam , and the 11th highest crime rate of 576 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 Malden Road (SM3 8HB) in the last 12 months was 464.8 per 1,000 residents and was 863.8% higher than the Cheam average (48.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 84 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 63 (β 138.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 107.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Malden Road (SM3 8HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Senhouse Road, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near London Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Courtenay Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Senhouse Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carmel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Leicester Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Senhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Somerset Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Somerset Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Somerset Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Senhouse Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Senhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Senhouse Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | D'Arcy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Senhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Senhouse Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Courtenay Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wordsworth Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Senhouse Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wordsworth Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | London Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Senhouse Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Senhouse Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Senhouse Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Senhouse Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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