Total Crime Rate
236.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Timberling Gardens area has the 4th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Sanderstead , and the 105th highest crime rate of 1,082 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 Timberling Gardens (CR2 0AW) in the last 12 months was 236.6 per 1,000 residents and was 483.1% higher than the Sanderstead average (40.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 17.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 47.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Timberling Gardens (CR2 0AW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theresa'S Walk, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mayfield Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Reddington Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Heathhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edgar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Glossop Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Penwortham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Florence Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Glossop Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Glossop Road | — |
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