Total Crime Rate
27.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Whitworth Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 128 local areas in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood , and the 155th lowest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Whitworth Road (SE25 6XJ) in the last 12 months was 27.6 per 1,000 residents and was 68.2% lower than the Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood average (86.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (β 13.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whitworth Road (SE25 6XJ), 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.
View Crime In South Norwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Holmewood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Burgoyne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Oliver Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Howden Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Howden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burgoyne Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wrights Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wrights Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wrights Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wrights Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Holmesdale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ardent Close | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sangley Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sangley Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sangley Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oliver Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oliver Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Upper Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ardent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Huntly Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holmewood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holmewood Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Canham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holmewood Road | Under investigation |
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