Total Crime Rate
167.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cromer Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in South Norwood , and the 176th 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 Cromer Road (SE25 4HH) in the last 12 months was 167.9 per 1,000 residents and was 65.6% higher than the South Norwood average (101.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 51.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cromer Road (SE25 4HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beverley Road, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Eldon Park (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In South Norwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stembridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thornsett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eldon Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eldon Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eldon Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Eldon Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Eldon Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldon Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thornsett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hambrook Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Harrington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Harrington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thornsett Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Beverley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Archer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldon Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bevill Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldon Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brooklyn Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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