Total Crime Rate
15.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Malden Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Belmont , and the 46th lowest crime rate of 572 local areas in Sutton .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Malden Road (SM3 8QZ) in the last 12 months was 15.9 per 1,000 residents and was 65.7% lower 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Malden Road (SM3 8QZ), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Tudor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatsworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tilehurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Malden Road | — |
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