Total Crime Rate
194.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
72.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beulah Crescent area has the 10th highest crime rate of 128 local areas in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood , and the 144th highest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Beulah Crescent (CR7 8SP) in the last 12 months was 194.3 per 1,000 residents and was 123.7% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -7.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 72.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beulah Crescent (CR7 8SP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parchmore Road, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beulah Crescent (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Thornton Heath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Beulah Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milner Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Speke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Speke Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beulah Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Speke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Garratt Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Garratt Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Upton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hamilton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parchmore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parchmore Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parchmore Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parchmore Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parchmore Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Speke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garratt Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furze Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beulah Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Beulah Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heath Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beulah Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Beulah Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beulah Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Furze Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Manchester Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Northwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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