Total Crime Rate
85.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tavern Close area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Hackbridge , and the 176th highest crime rate of 572 local areas in Sutton .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Tavern Close (SM5 1JE) in the last 12 months was 85.5 per 1,000 residents and was 23.6% 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 46.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tavern Close (SM5 1JE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Titchfield Walk, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Assembly Walk (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Helier East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Paul'S Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sawtry Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Alban'S Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Stoneleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Alban'S Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shrewsbury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Assembly Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Selby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawtry Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sawtry Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Torre Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sawtry Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Titchfield Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Titchfield Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Titchfield Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Titchfield Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Titchfield Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Titchfield Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Titchfield Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Titchfield Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Torre Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Alban'S Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Torre Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lark Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lark Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lark Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lark Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lark Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lark Way | Under investigation |
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