Total Crime Rate

90.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

24.7 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 90.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.9 9/10
  • Violent crimes 24.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.4 4/10
  • Drugs 11.0 8/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Public order 8.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Whitehorse Lane 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 Whitehorse Lane (SE25 6RD) 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 Whitehorse Lane (SE25 6RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Street, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ely Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Whitehorse Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nursery Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ely Road
Apr 2026Other crime Nursery Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ladbrook Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Ladbrook Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gilsland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grange Park Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Ely Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Ely Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ely Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broxholme Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bruce Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bruce Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Burton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Grange Park Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grange Park Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crowland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crowland Road
Apr 2026Shoplifting Broxholme Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Laws Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Clifton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gilsland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Gilsland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Gilsland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gilsland Road
Apr 2026Other theft Annsworthy Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Annsworthy Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Annsworthy Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Clifton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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