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

High Street 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 High Street (CR0 1NE) 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 High Street (CR0 1NE), 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

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/241)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Middle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Park Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Middle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Middle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Middle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lower Coombe Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lower Coombe Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Fellmongers Yard Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Friends' Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2026Burglary Friends' Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons High Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Meadow Stile Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Meadow Stile Under investigation
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
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Data Sources

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