Total Crime Rate

164.1 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 164.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.3 9/10
  • Burglary 19.5 10/10
  • Other theft 19.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.5 10/10
  • Drugs 15.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.8 6/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Beulah Hill area has the 18th highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood , and the 195th 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 Beulah Hill (SE19 3LQ) in the last 12 months was 164.1 per 1,000 residents and was 91.2% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -41.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 50.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beulah Hill (SE19 3LQ), the main crime hotspot is near Mersham Place. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Beulah Hill area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Upper Beulah Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Templeton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Gayfere Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gayfere Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mersham Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mersham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Freethorpe Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Freethorpe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Grangecliffe Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Templeton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mersham Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glyn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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