Crime Rate in Norbury & Pollards Hill, ward

Norbury & Pollards Hill has the 7th highest crime rate of 28 wards in Croydon district and the 1055th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 213th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Norbury & Pollards Hill in the last 12 months was 123.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.9% higher than the Croydon district average (111.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Norbury & Pollards Hill’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 412 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 4 cases , up 33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 501 (≈ 37.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Norbury & Pollards Hill ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 490 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.