Total Crime Rate

252.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 252.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 139.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 27.3 10/10
  • Burglary 20.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.1 9/10
  • Public order 13.7 8/10
  • Robbery 10.2 9/10
  • Theft from the person 10.2 9/10
  • Other theft 6.8 6/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Holmesdale Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 1,082 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 Holmesdale Road (SE25 6HS) in the last 12 months was 252.6 per 1,000 residents and was 194.3% higher than the Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood average (85.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 163.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 41.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 30.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holmesdale Road (SE25 6HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Holmesdale Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Belgrave Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Oliver Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cargreen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hambledon Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Oliver Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Suffolk Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Suffolk Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elm Park Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Holmesdale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Holmesdale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St Dunstan'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oliver Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Suffolk Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nugent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nugent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cargreen Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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