Total Crime Rate

52.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 52.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.0 6/10
  • Other theft 8.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle 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

The Avenue area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 38 local areas in Addiscombe West , and the 367th lowest crime rate of 1,082 local areas in Croydon .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Avenue (CR0 5BW) in the last 12 months was 52.0 per 1,000 residents and was 66.0% lower than the Addiscombe West average (152.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 21.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Avenue (CR0 5BW), the main crime hotspot is near Colson Road. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in The Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/31)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Fairfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Fairfield Path Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pageant Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pageant Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pageant Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Colson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Colson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Colson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary St Bernards Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Path Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Fairfield Path Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fairfield Path Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Turnpike Link —
Sep 2025Burglary Fairfield Path Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fairfield Path —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fairfield Path —
Sep 2025Other crime Leyburn Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leyburn Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Leyburn Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Leyburn Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leyburn Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leyburn Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garrick Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Granville Close —
Sep 2025Burglary Turnpike Link Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Colson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hazledean Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hazledean Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hazledean Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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