Total Crime Rate
116.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Price Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown , and the 318th 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 Price Road (CR0 4DB) in the last 12 months was 116.2 per 1,000 residents and was 162.5% higher than the Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown average (44.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 36.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Price Road (CR0 4DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hillside Road, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Layton Crescent (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Croydon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hyrstdene | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashley Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bramley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Violet Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Violet Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duppas Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goodwin Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goodwin Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Denning Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Denning Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hillside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ashley Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Waldronhyrst | Under investigation |
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