Total Crime Rate
12.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Whitehorse Lane area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 128 local areas in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood , and the 34th lowest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Whitehorse Lane (SE25 6RB) in the last 12 months was 12.1 per 1,000 residents and was 86.1% lower 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whitehorse Lane (SE25 6RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Broxholme Close (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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Canham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wooderson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wooderson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Michael Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wooderson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wooderson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broxholme Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broxholme Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Mary'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clifton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clifton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Mary'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wooderson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ladbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sangley Road | — |
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