Total Crime Rate
125.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hardcastle Close area has the 30th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Addiscombe East , and the 283rd 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 Hardcastle Close (CR0 6XQ) in the last 12 months was 125.5 per 1,000 residents and was 32.5% higher than the Addiscombe East average (94.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 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 Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (β 33.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 67.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hardcastle Close (CR0 6XQ), the main crime hotspot is near Rees Gardens. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Anthony Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sonning Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grindley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sutton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Sonning Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sonning Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pickering Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Northway Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pickering Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pickering Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pickering Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pickering Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Towpath Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Towpath Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rees Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redgrave Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rendle Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hermitage Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchanger Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Backley Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Westbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Becket Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Backley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Westbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Backley Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Backley Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gowlland Close | Under investigation |
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