Total Crime Rate

69.4 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 69.4 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Grasmere Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Shirley North , and the 495th lowest crime rate of 1,082 local areas in Croydon .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Grasmere Road (SE25 4RF) in the last 12 months was 69.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1.9% lower than the Shirley North average (70.8 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 Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 31.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 85.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grasmere Road (SE25 4RF), 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.

Crime Over Time in Grasmere Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belmont Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ferndale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spring Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spring Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spring Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ritchie Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ritchie Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Watcombe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Watcombe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferndale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Luke'S Close —
Sep 2025Robbery Dundee Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dundee Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dundee Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dundee Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sandown Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Oakley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Oakley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Belmont Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Estcourt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cleaverholme Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tudor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Grasmere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belmont Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Tudor Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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