Crime Rate in New Addington South, ward

New Addington South has the 8th highest crime rate of 28 wards in Croydon district and the 1348th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 250th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in New Addington South in the last 12 months was 112.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1.0% higher than the Croydon district average (111.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, New Addington South’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 410 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 4 cases , up 300.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -61.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 512 (≈ 43.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the New Addington South ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 167 crimes here, including 68 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.