Total Crime Rate

168.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 168.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 18.4 6/10
  • Public order 15.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.8 9/10
  • Drugs 13.1 9/10
  • Burglary 10.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.6 1/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
  • 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

Thornton Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in West Thornton , and the 191st highest crime rate of 1,082 local areas in Croydon .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Thornton Road (CR7 6BH) in the last 12 months was 168.0 per 1,000 residents and was 22.5% higher than the West Thornton average (137.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 60.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thornton Road (CR7 6BH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Colvin Road, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Keston Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Thornton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boston Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Trafford Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Peall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Furtherfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Ramsey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dunheved Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Thornton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Thornton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Limpsfield Avenue
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Furtherfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Limpsfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limpsfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Boston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kenmare Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kenmare Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lancing Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lancing Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lancing Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Colvin Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Colvin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Thornton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Keston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Thornton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Colvin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Colvin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blakemore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lancing Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Aurelia Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colvin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colvin Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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