Crime Rates at St Helens Road, London, SW16 4LH

St Helens Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Norbury & Pollards Hill , and the 215th highest crime rate of 1,082 local areas in Croydon .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Helens Road (SW16 4LH) in the last 12 months was 151.3 per 1,000 residents and was 22.6% higher than the Norbury & Pollards Hill average (123.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 52.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Helens Road (SW16 4LH), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 490 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.