Total Crime Rate

111.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 111.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.2 8/10
  • Drugs 34.6 10/10
  • Other theft 5.3 5/10
  • Public order 5.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.7 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Alwyn Close area has the 14th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in New Addington North , and the 341st highest crime rate of 1,082 local areas in Croydon .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Alwyn Close (CR0 0QP) in the last 12 months was 111.7 per 1,000 residents and was 50.0% higher than the New Addington North average (74.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -90.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 61.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alwyn Close (CR0 0QP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ivers Way, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westcott Close (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Alwyn Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Hill Avenue
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ivers Way
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Westcott Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walton Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Walton Green
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westcott Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westcott Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westcott Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westcott Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ivers Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ivers Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ivers Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Ivers Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ivers Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunsfold Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Unity Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Unity Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Alwyn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Alwyn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alwyn Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Leigh Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Betchworth Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Westcott Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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