Total Crime Rate

203.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 203.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.9 8/10
  • Other theft 42.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 23.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.5 9/10
  • Burglary 13.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.6 8/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Drugs 2.6 2/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Oliver Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood , and the 136th highest crime rate of 1,082 local areas in Croydon .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Oliver Avenue (SE25 6TY) in the last 12 months was 203.2 per 1,000 residents and was 136.8% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 52.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oliver Avenue (SE25 6TY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Oliver Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priory Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St Dunstan'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elm Park Road
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burgoyne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Oliver Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whitworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chalfont Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chalfont Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Norwood Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hambledon Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Suffolk Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Suffolk Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nugent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nugent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Holmesdale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Holmesdale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Suffolk Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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