Total Crime Rate

104.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

23.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 104.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 23.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.4 9/10
  • Other theft 11.6 8/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Whitehorse Lane area has the 37th highest crime rate of 128 local areas in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood , and the 361st 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 Whitehorse Lane (SE25 6UL) in the last 12 months was 104.4 per 1,000 residents and was 20.1% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 23.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitehorse Lane (SE25 6UL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Howden Road, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Whitehorse Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Howden Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wrights Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dixon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Howden Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Howden Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Howden Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holmewood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Holmewood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Holmewood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Huntly Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Holmewood Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elm Park Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Dixon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wrights Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wrights Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ardent Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ardent Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sangley Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sangley Road
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Canham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Canham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sangley Road
Apr 2026Drugs Howden Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wrights Road
Apr 2026Other theft St Mary'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime St Mary'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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