Total Crime Rate
59.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nightingale Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Hackbridge , and the 262nd highest crime rate of 572 local areas in Sutton .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Nightingale Road (SM5 2DE) in the last 12 months was 59.0 per 1,000 residents and was 14.7% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -22.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 28.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nightingale Road (SM5 2DE), the main crime hotspot is near Reynolds Close. Police recorded 14 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In The Wrythe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Culvers Retreat | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Philips Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mill Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rossignol Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hackbridge Park Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Link Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | B277 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ansell Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ansell Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ansell Grove | Under investigation |
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