Total Crime Rate

106.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 106.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.7 8/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Croftleigh Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Kenley , and the 363rd highest crime rate of 1,082 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 Croftleigh Avenue (CR8 4BW) in the last 12 months was 106.5 per 1,000 residents and was 99.6% higher than the Kenley average (53.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 51.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 128.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 94.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Croftleigh Avenue (CR8 4BW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rowland Place, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Croftleigh Avenue (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Croftleigh Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canon'S Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canon'S Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Croftleigh Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pond Close —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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