Total Crime Rate

108.6 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 108.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 70.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Birchwood Avenue area has the 26th highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Carshalton Central , and the 121st highest crime rate of 576 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 Birchwood Avenue (SM6 7HE) in the last 12 months was 108.6 per 1,000 residents and was 55.7% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 28.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 125.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birchwood Avenue (SM6 7HE), the main crime hotspot is near Wandle Road. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Birchwood Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Killburns Mill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Elmwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wandle Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Killburns Mill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St Mary Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Caraway Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Riverside Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Caraway Place —
Sep 2025Other crime Wandle Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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