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2026 Healthy Streets Scorecard results
Sutton remains 30th overall this year, with its final Healthy Streets Scorecard score unchanged at 1.79 out of 10. The borough is still one of the weakest performers in London, with little movement on the practical changes needed to make streets safer and healthier.
There were some modestly positive outcome trends. Sustainable modeshare rose from 45.8% to 47.2%, although this remains one of the lowest figures in London. The proportion of adults walking regularly also rose to 30.3%, and Travel for Life participation improved to 28.3%. The polluting-vehicle measure improved from 6.51 to 6.30.
However, the delivery indicators remain very weak. LTN coverage is unchanged at 14.1%, 20mph coverage remains low at 25.7%, and CPZ coverage is only 16.3%. Sutton has 16 School Streets covering 23.5% of schools, and bus priority is very limited at 4.1%. Protected cycle track coverage fell slightly to 1.8% after mapping was corrected, cycling participation also fell to 8.4%, and Sutton still has one of London’s highest cyclist casualty rates. Car ownership remains high, with only 26.0% of households car-free. Sutton’s results show a borough with small signs of better travel behaviour, but still very limited delivery on the measures that would support healthier, safer streets.
The Healthy Streets Scorecard combines scores for ten indicators to create an overall Healthy Streets score for each borough. See the graph below for 2026 results (includes 2019–2025 results for comparison). For more detail visit the London-wide overview of the 2026 results. You can also:
- Review summaries of this year’s results for outcome indicators and input indicators
- Read our in-depth explanation of the ten indicators
- View results for other boroughs
Scorecard (factored score) chart explained
In the chart above, each borough has been given a factored score. Factor scores are composite variables which provide information about a borough’s placement on a scale. Factor scores are given by F=XB, where X is the indicator normalised score for a borough and B is the factor score coefficient (or weight). Each indicator is weighted as 1, or 0.5 if there are two parts to one indicator, for example Modeshare has a weighting of 1, Active travel – walking has a weighting of 0.5 and Active travel – cycling has a weighting of 0.5. The borough’s total factored score is the sum of all indicator factored scores which is then factored to 10 (multiplied by the number of indicators/10) to give a value on the scale between zero and 10. We can then compare boroughs against each other on the scale.