Total Crime Rate

220.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

54.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 220.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 119.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 54.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.2 7/10
  • Other theft 16.4 9/10
  • Burglary 10.9 9/10
  • Public order 10.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Drugs 5.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.7 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Lower Addiscombe Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Addiscombe East , and the 115th highest crime rate of 1,070 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 Lower Addiscombe Road (CR0 7AA) in the last 12 months was 220.7 per 1,000 residents and was 139.1% higher than the Addiscombe East average (92.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 54.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 164.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Addiscombe Road (CR0 7AA), 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

Crime Over Time in Lower Addiscombe Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/35)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Woodside Court Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Pavement Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Pavement Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Pavement Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Pavement Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pavement Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Teevan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Teevan Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ashling Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Woodside Court Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Pavement Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Claremont Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lower Addiscombe Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lower Addiscombe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Addiscombe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Addiscombe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Northampton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Colworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Pavement Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sundridge Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nicholson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nicholson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Colworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Capri Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sundridge Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crabtree Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ashburton Road —
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 35

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑