Total Crime Rate
1230.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wandle Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Addiscombe West , and the 6th 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 Wandle Road (CR0 1DB) in the last 12 months was 1230.4 per 1,000 residents and was 706.1% higher than the Addiscombe West average (152.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 86 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 1333.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 90 (≈ 471.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 87.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wandle Road (CR0 1DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 197 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fell Road (84 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thanet Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thanet Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Keen'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Keen'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thanet Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wandle Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wandle Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wandle Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Thanet Place | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Croydon Flyover | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wandle Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | The Croydon Flyover | Under investigation |
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