Total Crime Rate
101.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lower Addiscombe Road area has the 41st highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Addiscombe East , and the 389th highest crime rate of 1,082 local areas in Croydon .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lower Addiscombe Road (CR0 7AG) in the last 12 months was 101.8 per 1,000 residents and was 7.5% higher than the Addiscombe East average (94.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -78.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lower Addiscombe Road (CR0 7AG), the main crime hotspot is near Manning Gardens. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Brockenhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Manning Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brockenhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Furlong Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Furlong Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Furlong Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmgrove Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherwood Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherwood Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Brockenhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherwood Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Manning Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spring Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ritchie Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manning Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manning Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ritchie Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manning Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spring Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manning Gardens | Under investigation |
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