Total Crime Rate

60.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

14.3 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 60.9 6/10
  • Other theft 28.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 14.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.2 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.6 2/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Upper Shirley Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Selsdon & Addington Village , and the 435th lowest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Upper Shirley Road (CR0 5EA) in the last 12 months was 60.9 per 1,000 residents and was 2.7% higher than the Selsdon & Addington Village average (59.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Shirley Road (CR0 5EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Eldon Avenue, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Upper Shirley Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Upper Shirley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Eldon Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nursery Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson A232 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A232 Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Eldon Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Nursery Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nursery Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Nursery Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Nursery Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Nursery Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nursery Close —
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Data Sources

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