Total Crime Rate

426.4 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 426.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 167.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 58.4 10/10
  • Public order 22.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.8 10/10
  • Burglary 20.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.3 9/10
  • Robbery 15.2 10/10
  • Drugs 7.6 7/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.1 7/10
  • Other crime 2.5 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Purley Way area has the 13th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Broad Green , and the 37th 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 Purley Way (CR0 4NU) in the last 12 months was 426.4 per 1,000 residents and was 146.6% higher than the Broad Green average (172.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 66 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 106.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 114.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Purley Way (CR0 4NU), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 120 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Purley Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/34)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rigby Close —
Sep 2025Drugs Jennett Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Mill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Mill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mill Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Courtney Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vicarage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Waddon Park Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Mill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Limes Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Limes Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wandle Side —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rigby Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waddon Court Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whitestone Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Courtney Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rigby Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rigby Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whitestone Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Whitestone Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Whitestone Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Godson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turners Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whitestone Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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