Total Crime Rate
8.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Primrose Close area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Hackbridge , and the 13th lowest crime rate of 572 local areas in Sutton .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Primrose Close (SM6 7HJ) in the last 12 months was 8.3 per 1,000 residents and was 88.0% lower than the Hackbridge average (69.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Primrose Close (SM6 7HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elm Road, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sandmartin Way (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hackbridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandmartin Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandmartin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sandmartin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandmartin Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandmartin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandmartin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | London Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandmartin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elm Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Violet Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Violet Close | Under investigation |
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