Total Crime Rate

95.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 95.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.4 7/10
  • Burglary 12.3 9/10
  • Drugs 12.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.3 8/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Pollards Hill South area has the 15th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Norbury & Pollards Hill , and the 416th highest crime rate of 1,082 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 Pollards Hill South (SW16 4LR) in the last 12 months was 95.1 per 1,000 residents and was 23.0% lower than the Norbury & Pollards Hill average (123.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 24.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pollards Hill South (SW16 4LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pollards Crescent, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A23 (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Pollards Hill South area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime A23 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pollards Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A23 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A23 Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beech Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beatrice Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pollards Hill East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pollards Hill East Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Galpin'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Monmouth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Monmouth Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Monmouth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A23 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pollards Crescent —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pollards Crescent —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pollards Crescent —
Sep 2025Drugs Lindsey Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lindsey Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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