Total Crime Rate
5.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Limpsfield Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Sanderstead , and the 6th lowest crime rate of 1,070 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 Limpsfield Road (CR2 9EF) in the last 12 months was 5.8 per 1,000 residents and was 82.6% lower 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 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Limpsfield Road (CR2 9EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Century Gardens, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Limpsfield Road (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sanderstead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Century Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Attwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Attwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Attwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadway Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Century Gardens | Under investigation |
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