London Borough of Sutton | |
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Sutton Station Clock St Nicholas Shopping Centre | |
 Coat of arms  Council logo | |
| Motto(s): per adua in fide servite Deo "through difficulties serve God in faith" (motto of London Borough of Sutton) | |
 Sutton shown within Greater London | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | London |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Created | 1 April 1965 |
| Ancient settlements | c. 4000 BC (Neolithic settlements) |
| Roman presence | c. 1st century AD (Roman villa in Beddington) |
| Anglo-Saxon period | c. 7th century AD (First recorded mention of Sutton) |
| Modern Development | 19th century (Transformation into a residential district) |
| Admin HQ | Sutton |
| Government | |
| • Type | London borough council |
| • Body | Sutton London Borough Council |
| • London Assembly | Neil Garratt (CON) AM for Croydon and Sutton |
| • MPs | Bobby Dean (Liberal Democrat) Luke Taylor (Liberal Democrat) |
| Area | |
• Total | 16.93 sq mi (43.85 km2) |
| • Rank | 253rd (of 296) |
| Population | |
• Total | 209,602 |
| • Rank | 94th (of 296) |
| • Density | 12,000/sq mi (4,800/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| Postcodes | |
| Area code | 020 |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-STN |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-LND |
| ONS code | 00BF |
| GSS code | E09000029 |
| Police | Metropolitan Police |
| Website | http://www.sutton.gov.uk/ |
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The London Borough of Sutton () is an Outer London borough in London, England. It covers an area of 43 km2 (17 sq mi) and is the 80th largest local authority in England by population. It borders the London Borough of Croydon to the east, the London Borough of Merton to the north and the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames to the north-west; it also borders the Surrey boroughs of Epsom and Ewell to the west and Reigate and Banstead to the south. The local authority is Sutton London Borough Council. Its principal town is Sutton.
The borough has some of the schools with the best results in the country. A Trust for London and New Policy Institute report noted that Sutton had the highest rate in London of pupils achieving 5 A* – C GCSEs.[1] In December 2014 Sutton was described by a senior Government official as the most "normal place in Britain".[2] In connection with this, the leader of Sutton Council described the borough as "quietly brilliant", and noted that 91% of residents say it is "a great place to live".[3]
Low levels of recorded crime are a feature of the borough, being among the lowest in London. An Ipsos MORI poll in 2014 found that 97% of residents felt safe in the borough during the day, and 71% felt safe at night, a higher figure than in 2011.[4][5]
The 2014 Family Hotspots Report, on the best places in England and Wales for families to live, placed three areas within the borough among the top 10 places in London. The areas were identified as postcodes SM1, SM2 (Sutton town) and SM3 (Cheam).[6][7] A Rightmove study in 2015 found that Sutton was the fourth happiest borough in which to live out of 33 in London.[8] It achieved the same placing in the 2016 survey.[9]
In 2014, a survey by eMoov (Property Hot Spot Index) found Sutton to be the easiest place in the country in which to sell a property.[10] It was shown in a national detailed Land Use Survey by the Office for National Statistics in 2005 that the London Borough of Sutton had the highest proportion of land taken up by gardens, 35.1%, of any district in England.[11]
The London Borough of Sutton was one of the four "vanguard areas" selected in 2010 for the Big Society initiative.[12]
- ^ "Overview of London boroughs | London's Poverty Profile". Londonspovertyprofile.org.uk. 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ^ "Sutton 'the most normal' place in Britain, says benefits chief". Evening Standard. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "newsroomsutton.co.uk". newsroomsutton.co.uk. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ Sutton Council press release
- ^ Council doc presenting results of Ipsos Mori poll
- ^ "Family Hotspots Report 2014". Family Investments. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ Caufield, Chris (28 October 2014). "Super Sutton: Borough has most entries in top family places to live in London". Sutton Guardian. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ Cambridge, Ellie (10 August 2015). "Richmond, Kingston and Sutton in the top five happiest places to live in London". Sutton and Croydon Local Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ ITV News
- ^ White, Anna (5 April 2014). "Londoners spark suburban housing boom". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005 Archived 11 February 2003 at the Wayback Machine 2011 census
- ^ "What is the Big Society?". Sutton London Borough Council. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.