Total Crime Rate
89.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Suffolk Road area has the 43rd highest crime rate of 128 local areas in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood , and the 431st highest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Suffolk Road (SE25 6BF) in the last 12 months was 89.6 per 1,000 residents and was 3.1% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 43.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Suffolk Road (SE25 6BF), 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.
View Crime In South Norwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A213 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Doyle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Portland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Doyle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Dunstan'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Doyle Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Doyle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Doyle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunnycroft Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunnycroft Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Suffolk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Doyle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawrence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Under investigation |
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