Crime Rates at Lower Coombe Street, Croydon, CR0 1AA

Lower Coombe Street area has the lowest crime rate of 17 local areas in Fairfield , and the 269th lowest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lower Coombe Street (CR0 1AA) in the last 12 months was 40.3 per 1,000 residents and was 87.4% lower than the Fairfield average (319.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 11.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Coombe Street (CR0 1AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 395 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ledbury Road (58 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.