Total Crime Rate

72.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

29.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 72.0 6/10
  • Violent crimes 29.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Robbery 4.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Pennycroft area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in New Addington South , and the 508th lowest crime rate of 1,070 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 Pennycroft (CR0 9LL) in the last 12 months was 72.0 per 1,000 residents and was 28.6% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 29.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 93.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pennycroft (CR0 9LL), the main crime hotspot is near Copse View. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Pennycroft area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heathfield Vale Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Middlefields —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heathfield Vale —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heathfield Vale —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heathfield Vale —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pennycroft Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pennycroft Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Copse View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Copse View Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pennycroft Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Peacock Gardens —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Pennycroft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Peacock Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Herondale Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Inglewood Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heather Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Heather Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heather Way —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Inglewood Under investigation
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Data Sources

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