Total Crime Rate
426.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
144.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Edridge Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Addiscombe West , and the 37th highest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Edridge Road (CR0 1EF) in the last 12 months was 426.2 per 1,000 residents and was 191.5% 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 144.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Edridge Road (CR0 1EF), 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.
View Crime In Croydon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thanet Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Meadow Stile | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Meadow Stile | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Meadow Stile | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Meadow Stile | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Stile | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Stile | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Stile | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spices Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spices Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spices Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spices Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spices Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thanet Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thanet Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thanet Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thanet Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thanet Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thanet Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thanet Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
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