Total Crime Rate

255.3 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 255.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.6 9/10
  • Drugs 31.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 31.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.0 9/10
  • Robbery 16.0 10/10
  • Burglary 10.6 9/10
  • Theft from the person 10.6 9/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Other theft 5.3 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.3 8/10
  • Public order 5.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Forsyte Crescent area has the 5th highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood , and the 92nd 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 Forsyte Crescent (SE19 2QN) in the last 12 months was 255.3 per 1,000 residents and was 197.5% higher than the Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood average (85.8 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 , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 101.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 51.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forsyte Crescent (SE19 2QN), the main crime hotspot is near Sylvan Hill. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Forsyte Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Upper Beulah Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Gayfere Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Freethorpe Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Freethorpe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southholme Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southholme Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gayfere Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glyn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Southholme Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Auckland Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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