Crime Rates at Brighton Road, South Croydon, CR2 6AA

Brighton Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Fairfield , and the 173rd highest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Brighton Road (CR2 6AA) in the last 12 months was 171.8 per 1,000 residents and was 46.3% lower than the Fairfield average (319.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 77.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 43.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brighton Road (CR2 6AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 395 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ledbury Road (58 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.