Total Crime Rate
98.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wrights 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.
View Crime In Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nugent Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Huntly Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharncliffe Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Egerton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehorse Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehorse Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nugent Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Claret Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Huntly Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sangley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Canham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ardent Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wrights Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wrights Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wrights Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Holmewood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holmewood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holmewood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranleigh Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cranleigh Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | South Norwood Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Claret Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Canham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharncliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parry Road | Under investigation |
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