Crime Rate in Waddon, ward

Waddon has the 4th highest crime rate of 28 wards in Croydon district and the 733rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 163rd highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Waddon in the last 12 months was 142.0 per 1,000 residents and was 27.6% higher than the Croydon district average (111.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Waddon’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 691 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 12 cases , up 9.1% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 14.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -33.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 897 (≈ 45.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Waddon ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 266 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Imperial Way (36 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.