Total Crime Rate
98.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Love Lane area has the 17th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in St Helier East , and the 140th highest crime rate of 572 local areas in Sutton .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Love Lane (SM4 6LT) in the last 12 months was 98.0 per 1,000 residents and was 12.3% higher than the St Helier East average (87.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 60.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Love Lane (SM4 6LT), the main crime hotspot is near Hexham Road. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Helier West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hexham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Halesowen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halesowen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hexham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hexham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hexham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pilton Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pilton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pilton Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yenston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holycross Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Forest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Romany Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Romany Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keynsham Road | — |
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