Total Crime Rate
190.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
80.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fernham Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 128 local areas in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood , and the 149th highest 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 Fernham Road (CR7 8JD) in the last 12 months was 190.6 per 1,000 residents and was 119.3% higher than the Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood average (86.9 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 Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 80.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fernham Road (CR7 8JD), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 209 crimes here, including 92 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Thornton Heath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | B266 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stuart Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | B266 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B266 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parchmore Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wychwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stuart Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stuart Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stuart Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stuart Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | B266 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stuart Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stuart Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stuart Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Thornton Heath | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedser Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Seneca Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seneca Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Manchester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parchmore Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | B266 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cotford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parchmore Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Boswell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bennington Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bulganak Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulganak Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fernham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parchmore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parchmore Road | — |
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