Total Crime Rate
160.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
90.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mill Lane area has the 11th highest crime rate of 128 local areas in Carshalton Central , and the 56th highest crime rate of 572 local areas in Sutton .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mill Lane (SM5 2LE) in the last 12 months was 160.3 per 1,000 residents and was 117.5% higher than the Carshalton Central average (73.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -35.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 90.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mill Lane (SM5 2LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 151 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Carshalton Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove Mill Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Papermill Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Denmark Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vellum Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arcadia Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Station Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochester Road | Under investigation |
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