Total Crime Rate
126.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
65.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kingscote Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Addiscombe East , and the 272nd 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 Kingscote Road (CR0 7DN) in the last 12 months was 126.9 per 1,000 residents and was 37.5% higher than the Addiscombe East average (92.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 65.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingscote Road (CR0 7DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brockenhurst Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Croydon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmgrove Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fernhurst Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pagehurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pagehurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pagehurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brockenhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fernhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pagehurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fernhurst Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fernhurst Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fernhurst Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wydenhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pagehurst Road | Under investigation |
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