Total Crime Rate
84.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fountain Road area has the 51st highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood , and the 485th 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 Fountain Road (CR7 8LT) in the last 12 months was 84.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1.7% lower than the Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood average (85.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (β 48.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 60.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fountain Road (CR7 8LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parchmore Road, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beulah Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beulah Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parchmore Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Osterley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parchmore Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parchmore Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parchmore Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parchmore Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parchmore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parchmore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parchmore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Norfolk Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norfolk Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parchmore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parchmore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parchmore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandfield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hallowell Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coates Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osterley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osterley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osterley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedser Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beulah Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beulah Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beulah Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beulah Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandfield Place | Under investigation |
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