Total Crime Rate

348.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 348.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 269.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.5 5/10
  • Burglary 8.5 8/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Robbery 2.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Station Approach area has the highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Kenley , and the 58th 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 Station Approach (CR8 5JD) in the last 12 months was 348.4 per 1,000 residents and was 553.2% higher than the Kenley average (53.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 95 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 34.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 233.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Station Approach (CR8 5JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 106 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Station Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Station Approach area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oaklands Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wordsworth Avenue —
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Riddlesdown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cranford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterbourne Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oaklands Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oaklands —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Station Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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