Total Crime Rate

106.3 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 106.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.0 7/10
  • Drugs 27.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.7 9/10
  • Burglary 5.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Public order 2.5 1/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Rees Gardens area has the 38th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Addiscombe East , and the 365th highest crime rate of 1,082 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 Rees Gardens (CR0 6HS) in the last 12 months was 106.3 per 1,000 residents and was 12.2% higher than the Addiscombe East average (94.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 450.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 45.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rees Gardens (CR0 6HS), the main crime hotspot is near Rees Gardens. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Rees Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Pickering Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Westbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redgrave Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Northway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Towpath Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Towpath Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pickering Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pickering Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pickering Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pickering Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grindley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Rees Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Rendle Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Westbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Laurier Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dominion Road —

Data Sources

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