Total Crime Rate
95.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Pollards Hill North 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 North (SW16 4PA) 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 areaβs 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 (β 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 North (SW16 4PA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Caernarvon Close, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lindsey Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Norbury & Pollards Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cranbourne Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norbury Cross | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lindsey Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindsey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Huntingdon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Huntingdon Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollards Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollards Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollards Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollards Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Monmouth Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Monmouth Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Monmouth Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Montgomery Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kent Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Norbury Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caernarvon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elgar Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glamorgan Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Glamorgan Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Beech Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cranbourne Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cheshire Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Caernarvon Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ena Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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