Total Crime Rate

236.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 236.6 10/10
  • Drugs 172.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.9 4/10
  • Other theft 14.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Purley Oaks Road 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 Purley Oaks Road (CR2 0NS) 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 Purley Oaks Road (CR2 0NS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hurnford Close, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near East Hill (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Purley Oaks Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hurnford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hurnford Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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