Total Crime Rate

113.1 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 113.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.9 5/10
  • Other theft 8.9 7/10
  • Burglary 6.0 6/10
  • Drugs 6.0 6/10
  • Robbery 6.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

East Avenue area has the 17th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Beddington , and the 110th highest crime rate of 576 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 East Avenue (SM6 8PL) in the last 12 months was 113.1 per 1,000 residents and was 33.8% higher than the Beddington average (84.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 56.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 58.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 135.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around East Avenue (SM6 8PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Horatius Way, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High View Avenue (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in East Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Godalming Avenue —
Sep 2025Drugs Horatius Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Headley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stafford Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stafford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Merebank Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Merebank Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs East Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime East Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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