Total Crime Rate

94.8 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 94.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.1 8/10
  • Other theft 9.8 8/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Birdhurst Rise area has the 17th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Sanderstead , and the 418th highest crime rate of 1,082 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 Birdhurst Rise (CR2 7EJ) in the last 12 months was 94.8 per 1,000 residents and was 133.6% higher than the Sanderstead average (40.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs 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 6 (≈ 19.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Birdhurst Rise (CR2 7EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beech Copse, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Birdhurst Gardens (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Birdhurst Rise area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Beech Copse Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Croham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birdhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Birdhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Birdhurst Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Croham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Beech Copse Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regents Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dornton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Spencer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Croham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Croham Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Croham Road —
Sep 2025Public order Birdhurst Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs South Croydon Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Croydon —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Muggeridge Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Birdhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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