Total Crime Rate
102.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alderton Road area has the 40th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Addiscombe East , and the 369th 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 Alderton Road (CR0 6HJ) in the last 12 months was 102.8 per 1,000 residents and was 11.4% higher than the Addiscombe East average (92.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 59.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alderton Road (CR0 6HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Teevan Close, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dickenson'S Place (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Croydon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Alderton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickenson'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickenson'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Alderton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickenson'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sonning Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickenson'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malcolm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lindfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jesmond Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Anthony Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malcolm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Redgrave Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alderton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Redgrave Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Alderton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alderton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Teevan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Teevan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gowlland Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Davies Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Davies Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Teevan Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alderton Road | Under investigation |
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