Total Crime Rate
248.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
106.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 128 local areas in Carshalton Central , and the 28th highest crime rate of 572 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 High Street (SM5 3BB) in the last 12 months was 248.2 per 1,000 residents and was 236.9% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 106.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (SM5 3BB), 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Rochester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove Mill Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ruskin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lakin Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lakin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brookside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | 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 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arcadia Close | Under investigation |
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