SM1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Sutton and Benhilton, in Sutton.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an SM1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SM1, 93.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SM1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SM1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SM1 at a rate of 100.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.1 per 1,000 people across SM.
In August 2026 alone, 380 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SM1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,505), anti-social behaviour (860) and other crime (759).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SM1 was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in SM1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SM1 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SM1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton 002D | 1,447 | 187.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| Sutton 007A | 1,770 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.8% |
| Sutton 007B | 2,280 | 62.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.2% |
| Sutton 007C | 1,983 | 48.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.1% |
| Sutton 007D | 1,583 | 32.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Sutton 012A | 2,556 | 93.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.8% |
| Sutton 012B | 1,882 | 99.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.5% |
| Sutton 012C | 1,825 | 61.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |
| Sutton 012E | 1,862 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.3% |
| Sutton 012F | 2,052 | 304.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.4% |
| Sutton 012G | 1,406 | 543.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 74.9% |
| Sutton 013A | 1,409 | 31.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| Sutton 013B | 1,776 | 53.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| Sutton 013C | 1,808 | 97.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.1% |
| Sutton 013D | 1,542 | 76.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.1% |
| Sutton 013E | 1,611 | 78.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
| Sutton 014A | 1,533 | 53.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Sutton 014B | 1,818 | 139.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.4% |
| Sutton 014C | 1,650 | 66.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.7% |
| Sutton 014D | 1,650 | 53.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Sutton 014E | 1,518 | 51.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.5% |
| Sutton 016E | 1,295 | 31.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.9% |
| Sutton 018E | 1,694 | 62.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.2% |
MPs for SM1
- Luke TaylorLiberal DemocratMP for Sutton and Cheam84% of SM1’s postcodes
- Bobby DeanLiberal DemocratMP for Carshalton and Wallington16% of SM1’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in SM14
Postcode sectors in SM15
Council1
Towns in SM11
Postcode districts next to SM14
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SM postcode area2
SM1 in brief
SM1 is a postcode district covering Sutton and Benhilton, in Sutton.
About 45,029 people lived in SM1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £448,500 in 2025 across 522 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 100.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SM1 was £448,500 in 2025.
SM1 had 43,524 usual residents at the census.
In SM1, 93.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SM1, 3.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.