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Sutton West & East Cheam

Ward

West Sutton. About 11,079 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.6 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Sutton West & East Cheam live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
10,906
Joint 2,035th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
93.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Sutton West & East Cheam compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Sutton West & East CheamMiddle
Population20 wards, Sutton · 2021
Population: every ward in Sutton20 areas from 6,585 to 12,571. The middle area is 10,994. Sutton West & East Cheam is 10,906.
10,9068th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares20 wards, Sutton · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Sutton20 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 93.5%. Sutton West & East Cheam is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage20 wards, Sutton · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Sutton20 areas from 76.2% to 97.7%. The middle area is 93.1%. Sutton West & East Cheam is 93.1%.
93.1%10th highest
Claimant rate20 wards, Sutton · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Sutton20 areas from 1.8% to 4.8%. The middle area is 3.4%. Sutton West & East Cheam is 3.6%.
3.6%joint 8th highest

Is Sutton West & East Cheam safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Sutton West & East Cheam at a rate of 110.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 77.3 per 1,000 people across Sutton.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 156 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Sutton West & East Cheam.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (384), violence and sexual offences (377) and other crime (242).

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.

Figures for the whole of Sutton

These figures are published for the whole of Sutton, not for each ward, so they describe all of Sutton and not Sutton West & East Cheam alone. See Sutton

Average house price
£452,654
Up 0.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£44,393
58th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
10.2×
Joint 46th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
13.8
Joint 74th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Sutton West & East Cheam in brief

Sutton West & East Cheam had 10,906 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Sutton West & East Cheam live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Sutton West & East Cheam, 93.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Sutton West & East Cheam, 3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.