Total Crime Rate

302.0 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 302.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 77.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.2 10/10
  • Burglary 20.1 10/10
  • Drugs 20.1 10/10
  • Other theft 13.4 9/10
  • Public order 10.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Other crime 6.7 8/10
  • Robbery 6.7 8/10
  • Shoplifting 6.7 4/10
  • Theft from the person 6.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Addiscombe West , and the 76th highest crime rate of 1,082 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 High Street (CR0 1NG) in the last 12 months was 302.0 per 1,000 residents and was 97.9% higher than the Addiscombe West average (152.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (β‰ˆ 107.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (CR0 1NG), 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.

Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wandle Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wandle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meadow Stile β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meadow Stile β€”
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Meadow Stile Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Meadow Stile Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Meadow Stile Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Meadow Stile Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Edridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Edridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wandle Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Scarbrook Road β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Scarbrook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitgift Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitgift Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitgift Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thanet Place β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thanet Place β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Thanet Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thanet Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitgift Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitgift Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitgift Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitgift Street β€”

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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