Total Crime Rate

98.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 98.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.4 8/10
  • Drugs 12.4 9/10
  • Public order 6.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wrights Road area has the 42nd highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood , and the 399th 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 Wrights Road (SE25 6RY) in the last 12 months was 98.8 per 1,000 residents and was 15.1% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -61.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 37.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 95.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wrights Road (SE25 6RY), the main crime hotspot is near Park Road. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wrights Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nugent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Huntly Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wharncliffe Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Egerton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitehorse Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitehorse Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nugent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claret Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Huntly Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sangley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Canham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ardent Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wrights Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wrights Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wrights Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Holmewood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holmewood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holmewood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cranleigh Gardens —
Sep 2025Other theft Cranleigh Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Norwood Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Claret Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Canham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wharncliffe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parry Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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