Total Crime Rate
31.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Peters Street area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Sanderstead , and the 183rd 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 St Peters Street (CR2 7DF) in the last 12 months was 31.5 per 1,000 residents and was 6.0% lower than the Sanderstead average (33.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Peters Street (CR2 7DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Junction Road, where police recorded 116 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bartlett Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In South Croydon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chelsham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newark Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newark Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Muggeridge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drovers Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drovers Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drovers Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Drovers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Muggeridge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Jarvis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Muggeridge Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sussex Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | South Croydon | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sunny Nook Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chelsham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Croydon | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hurst Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Croydon | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blunt Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blunt Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Blunt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Selsdon Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Peter'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Peter'S Street | Under investigation |
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