Total Crime Rate
78.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stoughton Avenue area has the 30th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Belmont , and the 195th highest crime rate of 572 local areas in Sutton .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stoughton Avenue (SM3 8PH) in the last 12 months was 78.5 per 1,000 residents and was 69.9% higher than the Belmont average (46.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 23.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 60.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stoughton Avenue (SM3 8PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Malden Road, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chatsworth Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cheam| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Priory Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Tudor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Malden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tilehurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatsworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Road | Under investigation |
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