Total Crime Rate

128.1 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 128.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.3 9/10
  • Other theft 19.7 9/10
  • Drugs 14.8 9/10
  • Burglary 9.9 8/10
  • Robbery 9.9 9/10
  • Theft from the person 9.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.9 4/10
  • Public order 4.9 4/10
  • Shoplifting 4.9 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Lower Addiscombe Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Addiscombe East , and the 273rd highest crime rate of 1,082 local areas in Croydon .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lower Addiscombe Road (CR0 6PU) in the last 12 months was 128.1 per 1,000 residents and was 35.2% higher than the Addiscombe East average (94.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 19.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Addiscombe Road (CR0 6PU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gordon Crescent, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clyde Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Lower Addiscombe Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Warren Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Academy Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clyde Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clyde Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Morland Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Morland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elgin Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elgin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elgin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lebanon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hastings Place —
Sep 2025Other crime Warren Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grant Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hastings Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clyde Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gordon Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Leicester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leicester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Academy Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gordon Crescent 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 2025Drugs Regent Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fisher Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nihill Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clyde Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nihill Place —
Sep 2025Other theft Clyde Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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