Total Crime Rate

135.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

78.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 135.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 78.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.8 8/10
  • Public order 18.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.7 7/10
  • Robbery 13.0 9/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Drugs 7.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.6 4/10
  • Shoplifting 5.6 4/10
  • Theft from the person 5.6 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 4/10
  • Burglary 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cargreen Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 128 local areas in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood , and the 246th highest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cargreen Road (SE25 5FB) in the last 12 months was 135.7 per 1,000 residents and was 56.2% higher than the Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood average (86.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 78.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cargreen Road (SE25 5FB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 143 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cargreen Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour A213
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Percy Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Carmichael Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Percy Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Percy Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Percy Road
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Norwood Junction
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cumberlow Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Doyle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Grosvenor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Belgrave Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Belgrave Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Belgrave Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Belgrave Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Belgrave Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Belgrave Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Norwood Junction
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Belgrave Road

Data Sources

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