Total Crime Rate
100.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elmwood Close area has the 28th highest crime rate of 128 local areas in Carshalton Central , and the 135th 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 Elmwood Close (SM6 7EP) in the last 12 months was 100.0 per 1,000 residents and was 35.7% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -7.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 41.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 181.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elmwood Close (SM6 7EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wandle Road, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Silk Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wallington North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wandle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wandle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caraway Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mill Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hackbridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Calico Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Silk Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wandle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | London Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | London Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Calico Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wandle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wandle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Caraway Place | Under investigation |
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