Total Crime Rate
149.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sunny Bank area has the 7th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in South Norwood , and the 208th 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 Sunny Bank (SE25 4TL) in the last 12 months was 149.8 per 1,000 residents and was 47.8% higher than the South Norwood average (101.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (β 16.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 48.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sunny Bank (SE25 4TL), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 95 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In South Norwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Doyle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A213 | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A213 | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A213 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A213 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farley Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farley Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Armistice Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Addison Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Addison Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Doyle Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Addison Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | John Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farley Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penge Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Penge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farley Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farley Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunnycroft Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pittville Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunnycroft Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunnycroft Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sunny Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A213 | β |
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