Total Crime Rate

45.0 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 45.0 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.2 6/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Burglary 7.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.9 7/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Friends Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Purley & Woodcote , and the 312th lowest crime rate of 1,082 local areas in Croydon .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Friends Road (CR8 1BL) in the last 12 months was 45.0 per 1,000 residents and was 45.6% lower than the Purley & Woodcote average (82.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Friends Road (CR8 1BL), the main crime hotspot is near Station Approach. Police recorded 62 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Friends Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill View Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Partridge Knoll Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Approach —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Approach —
Sep 2025Public order Whytecliffe Road South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whytecliffe Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Foxley Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pheasant Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Partridge Knoll Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Purley Vale Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Cliff End Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Godstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gables Court —
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Data Sources

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