Total Crime Rate
246.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
128.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Anerley Park Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Crystal Palace & Anerley , and the 51st highest crime rate of 928 local areas in Bromley .
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 Anerley Park Road (SE20 8DA) in the last 12 months was 246.1 per 1,000 residents and was 84.5% higher 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 128.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Anerley Park Road (SE20 8DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (18 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Hugh'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trenholme Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thicket Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lakefield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Anerley Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ridsdale Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Anerley Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ridsdale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Anerley Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anerley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anerley Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Thicket Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tower Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tower Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bridgewood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Grove | — |
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