Crime Rate in South Norwood, ward

South Norwood has the 9th highest crime rate of 28 wards in Croydon district and the 1469th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 272nd highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in South Norwood in the last 12 months was 108.2 per 1,000 residents and was 2.8% lower than the Croydon district average (111.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, South Norwood’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 583 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 9 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -21.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 741 (≈ 42.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the South Norwood ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 138 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.