Total Crime Rate
100.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nugent Road area has the 38th highest crime rate of 128 local areas in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood , and the 381st highest crime rate of 1,070 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 Nugent Road (SE25 6UB) in the last 12 months was 100.8 per 1,000 residents and was 16.0% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 59.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nugent Road (SE25 6UB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Howden Road, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whitworth Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In South Norwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sangley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Howden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holmewood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dixon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Howden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Howden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sangley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holmewood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Howden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oliver Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oliver Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Holmesdale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sangley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Huntly Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Holmewood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Howden Road | Local resolution |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Ardent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wrights Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ardent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dixon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dixon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wrights Road | — |
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