Total Crime Rate

38.7 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

11.9 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 38.7 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.9 7/10
  • Violent crimes 11.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.9 2/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

High Street area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 37 local areas in Addiscombe West , and the 252nd 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 High Street (CR0 1FX) in the last 12 months was 38.7 per 1,000 residents and was 73.5% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 11.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (CR0 1FX), 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 High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thanet Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Meadow Stile Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Meadow Stile Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Meadow Stile Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meadow Stile Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meadow Stile Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meadow Stile Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Park Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Meadow Stile Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wandle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wandle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wandle Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wandle Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Meadow Stile Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fell Road
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Park Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Fell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Fell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Fell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Fell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lower Coombe Street
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Fell Road Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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