Crime Rates at Peterborough Road, Carshalton, SM5 1DF

Peterborough Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Hackbridge , and the 189th highest crime rate of 572 local areas in Sutton .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Peterborough Road (SM5 1DF) in the last 12 months was 81.4 per 1,000 residents and was 17.6% higher than the Hackbridge average (69.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 11.1% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 42.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Peterborough Road (SM5 1DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lark Way, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blake Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.