Total Crime Rate

263.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

87.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 263.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 87.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 72.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.6 7/10
  • Shoplifting 31.4 7/10
  • Robbery 28.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.1 10/10
  • Public order 21.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.9 10/10
  • Other theft 12.5 9/10
  • Drugs 6.3 6/10
  • Theft from the person 6.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Upper Selsdon Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Sanderstead , and the 90th highest crime rate of 1,070 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 Upper Selsdon Road (CR2 8DE) in the last 12 months was 263.3 per 1,000 residents and was 687.0% higher than the Sanderstead average (33.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Shoplifting ( -41.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 87.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Selsdon Road (CR2 8DE), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 84 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Upper Selsdon Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rylandes Road —
Apr 2026Drugs Ferns Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Drugs Mountwood Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Byron Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sylvan Close Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rylandes Road —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Rylandes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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