Total Crime Rate

74.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 74.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.1 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.6 5/10
  • Drugs 8.6 8/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Crofters Mead area has the 25th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in New Addington South , and the 533rd 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 Crofters Mead (CR0 9HS) in the last 12 months was 74.7 per 1,000 residents and was 33.5% lower than the New Addington South average (112.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 20.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Crofters Mead (CR0 9HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Osward (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Crofters Mead area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Featherbed Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Courtwood Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holmbury Grove —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bardolph Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bardolph Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Silverwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holmbury Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fairacres —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osward Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Charlwood Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osward Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osward Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Osward Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Newlands Woods Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Newlands Woods Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holmbury Grove Under investigation

Data Sources

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