Total Crime Rate
293.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
94.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hollybush Terrace area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 128 local areas in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood , and the 76th highest crime rate of 1,070 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 Hollybush Terrace (SE19 3SD) in the last 12 months was 293.1 per 1,000 residents and was 237.4% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -21.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 94.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hollybush Terrace (SE19 3SD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Westow Hill, where police recorded 104 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gatestone Road (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lunham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haynes Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haynes Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westow Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haynes Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haynes Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haynes Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haynes Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gatestone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gatestone Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Paddock Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Paddock Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gatestone Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Alma Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Westow Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westow Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Patterson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Aubyn'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Telford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Stoney Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Victory Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Westow Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Paxton Mews | Under investigation |
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