Total Crime Rate

1348.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 1348.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 802.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 260.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.1 9/10
  • Other theft 56.4 10/10
  • Public order 40.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.4 10/10
  • Burglary 25.1 10/10
  • Robbery 21.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.9 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.4 10/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Stafford Road area has the highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown , and the 5th 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 Stafford Road (CR0 4NN) in the last 12 months was 1348.0 per 1,000 residents and was 2751.0% higher than the Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown average (47.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 256 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -87.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 144.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 49.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stafford Road (CR0 4NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 266 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Propeller Crescent (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Stafford Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/32)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Fernleigh Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Purley Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Purley Way —
Sep 2025Robbery Purley Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Purley Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Purley Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fleming Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Merebank Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Merebank Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Propeller Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Purley Way —
Sep 2025Other crime Propeller Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Headley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fernleigh Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Stafford Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stafford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lynwood Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Purley Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cherry Hill Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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