Total Crime Rate
236.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
84.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Altyre Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Addiscombe West , and the 103rd highest crime rate of 1,070 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 Altyre Road (CR0 5LA) in the last 12 months was 236.8 per 1,000 residents and was 61.9% higher than the Addiscombe West average (146.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 84.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Altyre Road (CR0 5LA), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 370 crimes here, including 109 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Croydon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | College Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | College Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | College Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | College Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | College Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | College Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | College Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
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