Total Crime Rate

98.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 98.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 5/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Mill Lane area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Carshalton Central , and the 138th highest crime rate of 576 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 Mill Lane (SM5 2JS) in the last 12 months was 98.9 per 1,000 residents and was 41.8% higher than the Carshalton Central average (69.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -64.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -63.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 87.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mill Lane (SM5 2JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Denmark Gardens, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Papermill Close (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Mill Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denmark Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Arcadia Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strawberry Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Conference/Exhibition Centre —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Denmark Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Mill Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Mill Place —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Denmark Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Arcadia Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Papermill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dover Gardens —
Sep 2025Public order Papermill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Causeway Under investigation
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Data Sources

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