Total Crime Rate
90.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thirsk Road area has the 42nd highest crime rate of 128 local areas in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood , and the 427th 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 Thirsk Road (SE25 6QG) in the last 12 months was 90.4 per 1,000 residents and was 4.1% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 24.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thirsk Road (SE25 6QG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Street, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gilsland Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Thornton Heath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilsland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nursery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Zion Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilsland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Waterfield Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Burton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gilsland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Annsworthy Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Annsworthy Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Annsworthy Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gilsland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gilsland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bruce Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bruce Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broxholme Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crowland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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