Total Crime Rate
113.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Templeton Close area has the 35th highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood , and the 336th highest crime rate of 1,082 local areas in Croydon .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Templeton Close (SE19 3DD) in the last 12 months was 113.4 per 1,000 residents and was 32.1% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -59.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 37.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Templeton Close (SE19 3DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mersham Place, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Layard Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Livingstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mersham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Westbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gayfere Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bramble Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glyn Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gayfere Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Westbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Spa Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mersham Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mersham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Templeton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peppercorn Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Templeton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grangecliffe Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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