Crime Statistics for Addiscombe, London, Croydon, 2024

Crime statistics for Addiscombe, London

There were a total of 541 street level crime incidents in Addiscombe in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Addiscombe, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime146
Anti Social Behaviour84
Shoplifting54
Vehicle Crime53
Other Theft43
Public Order40
Robbery31
Criminal Damage Arson30
Burglary22
Drugs15
Theft From The Person12
Bicycle Theft5
Possession Of Weapons5
Other Crime1
All Crime541

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Addiscombe. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Addiscombe

We've taken the ten nearest places to Addiscombe and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Addiscombe has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Borad Green (1.24 miles)1278
South Norwood (1.39 miles)765
Wandle Park (1.96 miles)756
Anerley (1.86 miles)554
Addiscombe541
Monks Orchard (0.88 miles)416
Shirley (0.62 miles)273
Upper Elmers End (1.39 miles)268
Eden Park (1.75 miles)242
Spring Park (1.39 miles)109

32.55%
of Addiscombe East residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Addiscombe?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Addiscombe and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Borad Green350
South Norwood257
Wandle Park210
Anerley188
Addiscombe146
Monks Orchard121
Eden Park70
Upper Elmers End69
Shirley68
Spring Park19

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Addiscombe?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Addiscombe to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Addiscombe compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Addiscombe and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Addiscombe is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Fairfield88
2Selhurst85
3Broad Green81
4South Norwood75
5Bensham Manor72
6Woodside67
7Park Hill & Whitgift63
8Addiscombe East54
9South Croydon53
10Addiscombe West52
11Shirley North44

Which road in Addiscombe has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Addiscombe with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Lower Addiscombe Road.

Last updated: January 2024
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