Total Crime Rate

1471.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

607.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1471.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 607.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 549.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 476.4 10/10
  • Public order 94.2 10/10
  • Drugs 78.5 10/10
  • Other theft 73.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 68.1 10/10
  • Burglary 36.7 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 20.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.7 9/10
  • Other crime 15.7 10/10
  • Robbery 15.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 10.5 5/10
  • Theft from the person 10.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.2 7/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wandle Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Addiscombe West , and the 5th highest crime rate of 1,070 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 1DF) in the last 12 months was 1471.2 per 1,000 residents and was 906.3% higher than the Addiscombe West average (146.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 105 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 116 (≈ 607.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wandle Road (CR0 1DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 395 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fell Road (85 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wandle Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/204)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lower Coombe Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thanet Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thanet Place —
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Thanet Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Thanet Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thanet Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thanet Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thanet Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thanet Place —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Whitgift Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Whitgift Street —
Apr 2026Burglary Whitgift Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Whitgift Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitgift Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitgift Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Edridge Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lower Coombe Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wandle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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