Total Crime Rate

148.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 148.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 52.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.9 7/10
  • Burglary 16.0 10/10
  • Other theft 13.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.8 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.8 5/10
  • Public order 6.8 6/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Shorts Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Carshalton Central , and the 62nd highest crime rate of 576 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 Shorts Road (SM5 2PB) in the last 12 months was 148.1 per 1,000 residents and was 112.2% higher than the Carshalton Central average (69.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 38.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shorts Road (SM5 2PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wynash Gardens (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Shorts Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beynon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Rosefield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Park Hill Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shorts Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shorts Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shorts Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Beynon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Walnut Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Walnut Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
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Data Sources

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