Total Crime Rate
69.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Grasmere 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ferndale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spring Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spring Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Lane | 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 |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Watcombe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Watcombe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferndale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Luke'S Close | — |
| 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 | Sandown Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Oakley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Oakley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Belmont Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Estcourt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cleaverholme Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tudor Road | Under investigation |
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