Total Crime Rate

120.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 120.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.1 9/10
  • Other theft 12.1 8/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Shoplifting 4.0 3/10
  • Theft from the person 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Waddington Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Old Coulsdon , and the 305th 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 Waddington Avenue (CR5 1QE) in the last 12 months was 120.5 per 1,000 residents and was 163.5% higher than the Old Coulsdon average (45.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 36.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waddington Avenue (CR5 1QE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lacey Avenue, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Windmill Place (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Waddington Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Forge Avenue —
Sep 2025Other theft Court Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Thorncroft Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lacey Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Inwood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forge Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windmill Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Forge Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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