Total Crime Rate
98.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cumberland Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Shirley North , and the 403rd 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 Cumberland Road (SE25 4RE) in the last 12 months was 98.3 per 1,000 residents and was 38.9% higher than the Shirley North average (70.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 36.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cumberland Road (SE25 4RE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ferndale Road, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ritchie Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Shirley North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Oakley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferndale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Dundee Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dundee Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dundee Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dundee Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Luke'S Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Estcourt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tudor Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Belmont Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Oakley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spring Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spring Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Chart Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ferndale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chart Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cleaverholme Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Macclesfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ritchie Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ritchie Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Road | Under investigation |
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