Total Crime Rate
224.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Welbeck Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in St Helier East , and the 32nd highest crime rate of 576 local areas in Sutton .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Welbeck Road (SM5 1LN) in the last 12 months was 224.6 per 1,000 residents and was 159.5% higher than the St Helier East average (86.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 98.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Welbeck Road (SM5 1LN), the main crime hotspot is near Assembly Walk. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Newent Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lark Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lark Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lark Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Assembly Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Assembly Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Assembly Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Assembly Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Assembly Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Assembly Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lark Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lark Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blake Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lark Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Green Wrythe Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Green Wrythe Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Paul'S Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Wrythe Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Selby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stoneleigh Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Winchcombe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Winchcombe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Neville Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blake Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lark Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Alban'S Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Alban'S Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bramblewood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bramblewood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bramblewood Close | Under investigation |
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