Total Crime Rate

179.5 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 179.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 41.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.0 7/10
  • Burglary 18.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 15.4 9/10
  • Public order 12.8 8/10
  • Other theft 10.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Robbery 7.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.1 7/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 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

Fernleigh Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown , and the 165th highest crime rate of 1,082 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 Fernleigh Close (CR0 4RX) in the last 12 months was 179.5 per 1,000 residents and was 279.6% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 56.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fernleigh Close (CR0 4RX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 266 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Fernleigh Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Propeller Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Propeller Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Fernleigh Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fernleigh Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Epsom Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cherry Hill Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Purley Way 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 2025Burglary Lynwood 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 2025Other theft Godson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Waddon Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Waddon Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waddon —
Sep 2025Other theft Stafford Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Waddon Park Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
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 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waddon Court Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stafford Gardens Under investigation

Data Sources

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