Total Crime Rate
84.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Spindlewood Gardens area has the 18th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Addiscombe West , and the 479th 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 Spindlewood Gardens (CR0 5SE) in the last 12 months was 84.2 per 1,000 residents and was 42.4% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 38.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spindlewood Gardens (CR0 5SE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spindlewood Gardens, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Birdhurst Gardens (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Croydon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Campion Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spindlewood Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Minster Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Birdhurst Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birdhurst Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birdhurst Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birdhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birdhurst Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spindlewood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Spindlewood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spindlewood Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | South Park Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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