Crime Rates at Lansdowne Road, Purley, CR8 2PE

Lansdowne Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Purley & Woodcote , and the 496th 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 Lansdowne Road (CR8 2PE) in the last 12 months was 82.8 per 1,000 residents and was 0.2% higher than the Purley & Woodcote average (82.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 44.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lansdowne Road (CR8 2PE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sydney Avenue, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.