Total Crime Rate
230.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
84.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Auckland Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 128 local areas in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood , and the 108th highest crime rate of 1,070 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 Auckland Road (SE19 2DN) in the last 12 months was 230.5 per 1,000 residents and was 165.3% higher than the Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood average (86.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 84.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Auckland Road (SE19 2DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Howden Road, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Conference/Exhibition Centre (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In South Norwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Howden Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Howden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Howden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Howden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Howden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancaster Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunset Gardens | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunset Gardens | Under investigation |
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