Total Crime Rate
284.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
103.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in South Norwood , and the 80th highest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (SE25 6EE) in the last 12 months was 284.2 per 1,000 residents and was 180.4% higher than the South Norwood average (101.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 103.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (SE25 6EE), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Belgrave Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A213 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belgrave Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A213 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A213 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A213 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A213 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawrence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunnycroft Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunnycroft Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunnycroft Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clifford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberlow Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancaster Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Suffolk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sunny Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norwood Junction | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norwood Junction | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | John Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
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