Crime Rate in South Croydon, ward

South Croydon has the 13th lowest crime rate of 28 wards in Croydon district and the 2672nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 243rd lowest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in South Croydon in the last 12 months was 80.8 per 1,000 residents and was 27.4% lower than the Croydon district average (111.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, South Croydon’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 408 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 7 cases , up 133.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -53.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 508 (≈ 27.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the South Croydon ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 197 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Ledbury Road (46 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.