Total Crime Rate

55.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

16.8 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 55.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 16.8 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.0 4/10
  • Burglary 8.4 8/10
  • Theft from the person 5.6 7/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Hillsmead Way area has the 29th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Sanderstead , and the 393rd lowest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hillsmead Way (CR2 9DL) in the last 12 months was 55.9 per 1,000 residents and was 67.0% higher 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 16.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hillsmead Way (CR2 9DL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Century Gardens, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Orchard Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hillsmead Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Century Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Attwood Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Attwood Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Attwood Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broadway Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Peartree Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Peartree Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orchard Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Century Gardens Under investigation
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Data Sources

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