Total Crime Rate

93.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 93.3 7/10
  • Violent crimes 50.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.0 8/10
  • Other theft 16.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.3 9/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hartscroft area has the 18th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in New Addington South , and the 414th 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 Hartscroft (CR0 9LB) in the last 12 months was 93.3 per 1,000 residents and was 7.5% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hartscroft (CR0 9LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bellfield, where police recorded 22 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.

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Crime Over Time in Hartscroft area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hollywoods Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodpecker Mount Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Bardolph Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bardolph Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brookscroft Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bellfield Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodpecker Mount Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairacres Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Middlefields —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Peacock Gardens —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Inglewood Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Inglewood Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Peacock Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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