SM5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering The Wrythe, Carshalton and St Helier, 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 SM5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SM5, 94.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SM5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SM5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SM5 at a rate of 82.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.1 per 1,000 people across SM.
In August 2026 alone, 289 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SM5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,124), anti-social behaviour (589) and shoplifting (509).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SM5 was 76.3 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 SM5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SM5 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SM5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton 001A | 1,609 | 136.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Sutton 001B | 1,775 | 61.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% |
| Sutton 001C | 1,705 | 72.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.0% |
| Sutton 001E | 2,115 | 88.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.8% |
| Sutton 002A | 2,279 | 133.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.9% |
| Sutton 002C | 1,567 | 69.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Sutton 004A | 1,443 | 213.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.7% |
| Sutton 004B | 1,566 | 61.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 87.8% |
| Sutton 004C | 1,807 | 46.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.3% |
| Sutton 005A | 1,844 | 83.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.9% |
| Sutton 005B | 1,729 | 24.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Sutton 005C | 1,776 | 124.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.8% |
| Sutton 005D | 1,632 | 99.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.5% |
| Sutton 005E | 1,676 | 77.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.7% |
| Sutton 010E | 1,525 | 65.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.3% |
| Sutton 015A | 1,656 | 39.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.4% |
| Sutton 015B | 1,298 | 34.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Sutton 015C | 1,616 | 167.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.4% |
| Sutton 015D | 1,527 | 69.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.3% |
| Sutton 015E | 1,515 | 136.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 87.5% |
| Sutton 020A | 1,568 | 43.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.5% |
| Sutton 020B | 1,622 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.7% |
| Sutton 020D | 1,761 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.7% |
| Sutton 022C | 1,876 | 45.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| Sutton 022D | 1,626 | 38.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.1% |
| Sutton 024C | 1,967 | 58.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 74.0% |
MPs for SM5
- Bobby DeanLiberal DemocratMP for Carshalton and Wallington100% of SM5’s postcodes
- Luke TaylorLiberal DemocratMP for Sutton and Cheam0.1% of SM5’s postcodes
- Rebecca PaulConservativeMP for Reigate0.1% of SM5’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 SM55
Postcode sectors in SM55
Council1
Towns in SM51
Postcode districts next to SM58
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SM postcode area2
SM5 in brief
SM5 is a postcode district covering The Wrythe, Carshalton and St Helier, in Sutton.
About 41,845 people lived in SM5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £450,000 in 2025 across 452 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 82.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SM5 was £450,000 in 2025.
SM5 had 41,421 usual residents at the census.
In SM5, 94.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SM5, 3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.