Total Crime Rate
179.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fernleigh 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Propeller Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Propeller Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Fernleigh Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fernleigh Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Epsom Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cherry Hill Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Purley Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Limes Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Limes Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lynwood Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Godson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Waddon | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Waddon | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waddon | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stafford Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Waddon Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waddon Court Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stafford Gardens | Under investigation |
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