Total Crime Rate

121.5 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 121.5 8/10
  • Public order 28.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Other theft 9.4 7/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Meadvale Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Addiscombe East , and the 295th highest crime rate of 1,082 local areas in Croydon .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Meadvale Road (CR0 6JZ) in the last 12 months was 121.5 per 1,000 residents and was 28.2% higher than the Addiscombe East average (94.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -38.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 53.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meadvale Road (CR0 6JZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Northway Road, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hermitage Lane (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Meadvale Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (26/26)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Dickenson'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hermitage Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pickering Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pickering Gardens —
Sep 2025Public order Pickering Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grindley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redgrave Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Backley Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Backley Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Backley Gardens —
Sep 2025Drugs Backley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Northway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gowlland Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pickering Gardens —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gowlland Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pickering Gardens —
Sep 2025Public order Dickenson'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Dickenson'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Dickenson'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Westbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sonning Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sonning Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Sonning Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Westbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anthony Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Anthony Road —
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Data Sources

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