Total Crime Rate

87.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

43.9 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 87.8 7/10
  • Violent crimes 43.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.2 9/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • Theft from the person 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

Brookscroft 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 Brookscroft (CR0 9NA) 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 Brookscroft (CR0 9NA), the main crime hotspot is near Bardolph Avenue. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Brookscroft area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairacres Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hollywoods Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brookscroft Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Bardolph Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bardolph Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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