Total Crime Rate
3.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Regency Walk area has the lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Shirley North , and the 7th lowest crime rate of 1,082 local areas in Croydon .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Regency Walk (CR0 7UW) in the last 12 months was 3.3 per 1,000 residents and was 95.4% lower than the Shirley North average (70.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Regency Walk (CR0 7UW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sloane Walk, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sloane Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hillcrest View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Burrell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regency Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Regency Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Regency Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Regency Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Regency Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Overstone Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sloane Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
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