Total Crime Rate
29.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Highbarrow Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 96 local areas in Addiscombe East , and the 170th lowest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Highbarrow Road (CR0 6LD) in the last 12 months was 29.3 per 1,000 residents and was 68.2% lower 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highbarrow Road (CR0 6LD), the main crime hotspot is near Nicholson Road. Police recorded 85 crimes here, including 64 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Croydon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Amberley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pavement Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alderton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Alderton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Alderton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alderton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Everton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Addiscombe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lower Addiscombe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Addiscombe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Addiscombe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Colworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pavement Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alderton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pavement Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pavement Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pavement Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pavement Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pavement Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Teevan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Teevan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashling Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Burnham Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burnham Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Academy Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Academy Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Morland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Alderton Road | Under investigation |
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