Total Crime Rate

500.0 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 500.0 10/10
  • Drugs 362.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.3 9/10
  • Burglary 11.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.5 7/10
  • Other crime 11.5 10/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Spencer Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Fairfield , and the 27th 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 Spencer Road (CR2 7EL) in the last 12 months was 500.0 per 1,000 residents and was 55.0% higher than the Fairfield average (322.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 95 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 45.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Spencer Road (CR2 7EL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beech Copse, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Campion Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Spencer Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Spencer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Croham Park Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birdhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Birdhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Croham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Croham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Croham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Croham Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Croham Road —
Sep 2025Public order Dittoncroft Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regents Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Beech Copse Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Campden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Beech Copse Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Birdhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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