Crime Rates at Tennison Road, London, SE25 5SA

Tennison 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 Tennison Road (SE25 5SA) 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 Tennison Road (SE25 5SA), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.