Total Crime Rate

8.4 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 8.4 1/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 2.8 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Wordsworth Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 129 local areas in Carshalton Central , and the 9th lowest crime rate of 576 local areas in Sutton .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wordsworth Road (SM6 9RJ) in the last 12 months was 8.4 per 1,000 residents and was 87.9% lower than the Carshalton Central average (69.8 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 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wordsworth Road (SM6 9RJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stafford Road, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carew Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wordsworth Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B271 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clyde Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carew Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Charlotte Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Stafford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Foresters Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B271 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clyde Road
Sep 2025Public order B271 Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hinton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clyde Road

Data Sources

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