Total Crime Rate
73.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pleydell Avenue area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Crystal Palace & Anerley , and the 324th highest crime rate of 928 local areas in Bromley .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pleydell Avenue (SE19 2LP) in the last 12 months was 73.3 per 1,000 residents and was 45.0% lower than the Crystal Palace & Anerley average (133.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 36.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 250.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pleydell Avenue (SE19 2LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ledrington Road, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westow Hill (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Crystal Palace & Anerley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Brunswick Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thicket Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Crystal Palace Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Crystal Palace Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Crystal Palace Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thicket Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Palace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Maberley Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ledrington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Westow Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ledrington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ledrington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ledrington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hadlow Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Anerley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anerley Vale | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Anerley Vale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Anerley Vale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brunswick Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westow Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pleydell Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Westow Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dargate Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belvedere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rama Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Patterson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westow Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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