Crime Rates at Ashdown Gardens, South Croydon, CR2 9DR

Ashdown Gardens area has the 38th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Sanderstead , and the 308th lowest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ashdown Gardens (CR2 9DR) in the last 12 months was 45.5 per 1,000 residents and was 35.8% higher than the Sanderstead average (33.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 26.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashdown Gardens (CR2 9DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kingswood Avenue (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.