Total Crime Rate
112.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fiveacre Close area has the 48th highest crime rate of 97 local areas in Bensham Manor , and the 330th highest 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 Fiveacre Close (CR7 6AS) in the last 12 months was 112.5 per 1,000 residents and was 24.7% higher than the Bensham Manor average (90.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 48.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fiveacre Close (CR7 6AS), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 311 crimes here, including 228 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In West Thornton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingswood Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dunheved Road South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dunheved Road South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunheved Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sharland Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sutherland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Crossland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crossland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crossland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingswood Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingswood Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Midhurst Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunheved Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Midhurst Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Midhurst Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Midhurst Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Midhurst Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Midhurst Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Earlswood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dunheved Road South | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Dunheved Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broughton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Campbell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Campbell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Campbell Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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