Total Crime Rate
87.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fairacres area has the 21st highest crime rate of 51 local areas in New Addington South , and the 451st 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 Fairacres (CR0 9JY) in the last 12 months was 87.8 per 1,000 residents and was 13.0% lower than the New Addington South average (100.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 43.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 133.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -2.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fairacres (CR0 9JY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bardolph Avenue (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Croydon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Holmbury Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bellfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookscroft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodpecker Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodpecker Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bardolph Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bardolph Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | The Warren | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairacres | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hollywoods | Under investigation |
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