Total Crime Rate
83.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ardent Close area has the 51st highest crime rate of 128 local areas in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood , and the 483rd highest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ardent Close (SE25 6SR) in the last 12 months was 83.7 per 1,000 residents and was 3.7% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 41.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ardent Close (SE25 6SR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holmewood Road, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nugent Road (11 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holmewood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Canham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Mary'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Mary'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dixon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dixon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dixon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Michael Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Huntly Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Michael Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Holmewood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wharncliffe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holmewood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wrights Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wrights Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wrights Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wrights Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ardent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holmewood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ardent Close | Under investigation |
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