Total Crime Rate

58.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

32.1 per 1,000 6/10 · 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 58.3 6/10
  • Violent crimes 32.1 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.8 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 5/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Holmewood Road area has the 50th lowest crime rate of 128 local areas in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood , and the 418th lowest 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 Holmewood Road (SE25 6UZ) in the last 12 months was 58.3 per 1,000 residents and was 32.9% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 32.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 87.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holmewood Road (SE25 6UZ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Holmewood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ardent Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Burgoyne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Dixon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dixon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dixon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Huntly Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ardent Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wrights Road
Apr 2026Theft from the person Upper Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wrights Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wrights Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wrights Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oliver Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Oliver Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elm Park Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Peace Close
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Burgoyne Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sangley Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Further investigation is not in the public interest
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 2026Other theft St Mary'S Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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