Total Crime Rate
218.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Pavement Square area has the 14th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Addiscombe East , and the 120th 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 Pavement Square (CR0 6TL) in the last 12 months was 218.1 per 1,000 residents and was 130.3% higher than the Addiscombe East average (94.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 84.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pavement Square (CR0 6TL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nicholson Road (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colworth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nicholson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nicholson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nicholson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nicholson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nicholson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nicholson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nicholson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nicholson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nicholson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nicholson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nicholson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Pavement Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pavement Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pavement Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pavement Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pavement Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pavement Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nicholson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Addiscombe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Addiscombe Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lower Addiscombe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lower Addiscombe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Addiscombe Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Addiscombe Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Addiscombe Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Addiscombe Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Addiscombe Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gowlland Close | Under investigation |
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