Total Crime Rate

76.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

42.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 76.3 7/10
  • Violent crimes 42.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.2 3/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 4/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hythe Road area has the 58th highest crime rate of 128 local areas in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood , and the 535th lowest 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 Hythe Road (CR7 8QQ) in the last 12 months was 76.3 per 1,000 residents and was 12.2% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 42.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Hythe Road (CR7 8QQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mersham Place, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Annsworthy Avenue (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hythe Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/33)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Milner Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hythe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Annsworthy Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Mersham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Peppercorn Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Peppercorn Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Layard Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Layard Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Buller Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Buller Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Grange Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Annsworthy Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Grange Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Mersham Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Mersham Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westbrook Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westbrook Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beauchamp Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Livingstone Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Livingstone Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Howberry Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Annsworthy Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hythe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Natal Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hamilton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Hamilton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Natal Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Speke Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Speke Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Speke Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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