Crime Rates at Brighton Road, Purley, CR8 3AA

Brighton Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 70 local areas in Coulsdon Town , and the 29th 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 Brighton Road (CR8 3AA) in the last 12 months was 9.8 per 1,000 residents and was 84.5% lower than the Coulsdon Town average (63.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brighton Road (CR8 3AA), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 119 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.