Total Crime Rate

140.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

93.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 140.9 9/10
  • Violent crimes 93.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.1 6/10
  • Public order 11.1 8/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Drugs 5.5 6/10
  • Robbery 2.8 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Newlands Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Norbury & Pollards Hill , and the 235th highest crime rate of 1,070 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 Newlands Road (SW16 4SR) in the last 12 months was 140.9 per 1,000 residents and was 25.8% higher than the Norbury & Pollards Hill average (112.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 93.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newlands Road (SW16 4SR), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 349 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Newlands Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newlands Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Semley Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bavant Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Palmers Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Palmers Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Palmers Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Norbury Court Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Palmers Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lloyd Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Granden Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Granden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Ena Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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