Total Crime Rate

205.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 205.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 75.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.8 8/10
  • Other theft 16.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 16.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.1 8/10
  • Robbery 13.1 9/10
  • Drugs 9.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.8 8/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Gordon Crescent area has the 16th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Addiscombe East , and the 133rd 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 Gordon Crescent (CR0 6NU) in the last 12 months was 205.9 per 1,000 residents and was 117.3% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -68.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 63.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gordon Crescent (CR0 6NU), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 292 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Gordon Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nihill Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gordon Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hastings Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hastings Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leicester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Leicester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Warren Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime East India Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Warren Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Morland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stretton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gordon Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gordon Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gordon Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gordon Crescent —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fullerton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amberley Grove Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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