Total Crime Rate

105.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 105.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.4 9/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Drugs 1.8 1/10
  • Other crime 1.8 1/10
  • Robbery 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Nihill Place area has the 39th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Addiscombe East , and the 368th highest crime rate of 1,082 local areas in Croydon .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Nihill Place (CR0 6FP) in the last 12 months was 105.8 per 1,000 residents and was 11.7% higher than the Addiscombe East average (94.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 33.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 144.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nihill Place (CR0 6FP), the main crime hotspot is near Nicholson Road. Police recorded 62 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Nihill Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clyde Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nicholson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amberley Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nicholson Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nicholson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nicholson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nicholson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Canning Road —
Sep 2025Public order Nicholson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nicholson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fullerton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nicholson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nicholson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Clyde Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Clyde Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nicholson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nicholson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kemerton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elgin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gordon Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gordon Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gordon Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gordon Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Havelock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Havelock Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elgin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nicholson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elgin Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clyde Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clyde Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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