Total Crime Rate

61.1 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 61.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.9 9/10
  • Other theft 12.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.7 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Long Lane area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Shirley North , and the 437th lowest crime rate of 1,082 local areas in Croydon .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Long Lane (CR0 7TA) in the last 12 months was 61.1 per 1,000 residents and was 13.7% lower than the Shirley North average (70.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Long Lane (CR0 7TA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 93 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Longheath Gardens (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Long Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Puffin Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mallard Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mallard Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Mallard Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Longheath Gardens —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Longheath Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longheath Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Milford Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Milford Gardens —
Sep 2025Public order Milford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Tannery Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingfisher Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Burglary Puffin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chaffinch Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Meadow Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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