Total Crime Rate

185.9 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 185.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 28.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.5 9/10
  • Other theft 16.5 9/10
  • Drugs 11.8 9/10
  • Other crime 9.4 9/10
  • Robbery 7.1 8/10
  • Public order 4.7 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Fernham Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood , and the 154th highest crime rate of 1,082 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 Fernham Road (CR7 8JD) in the last 12 months was 185.9 per 1,000 residents and was 116.6% higher than the Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood average (85.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -52.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 75.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 103.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fernham Road (CR7 8JD), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 199 crimes here, including 81 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Fernham Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Seneca Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Brook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Thornton Heath Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Thornton Heath Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Thornton Heath Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Brook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Brook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Brook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Thornton Heath Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Norfolk Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elliott Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Kemsing Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kemsing Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kemsing Close
Sep 2025Burglary Bensham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Thornton Heath Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B266 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seneca Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary B266 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Stuart Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stuart Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stuart Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stuart Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carew Road
Sep 2025Other theft Carew Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson B266 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Sandfield Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs B266 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft B266 Under investigation

Data Sources

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