Total Crime Rate
5.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kingsdown Avenue area has the lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Purley & Woodcote , and the 5th lowest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kingsdown Avenue (CR2 6QL) in the last 12 months was 5.3 per 1,000 residents and was 93.1% lower than the Purley & Woodcote average (77.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingsdown Avenue (CR2 6QL), the main crime hotspot is near Haling Down Passage. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Edgehill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haling Down Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Haling Down Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Haling Down Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Biddulph Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Biddulph Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Biddulph Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Biddulph Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Montpelier Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Edgehill Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Purley Downs Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Purley Downs Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Purley Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haling Down Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Pampisford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillground Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Pampisford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillground Gardens | Under investigation |
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