Crime Statistics for Forestdale, London, Croydon, 2024

There were a total of 101 street level crime incidents in Forestdale in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Forestdale, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	22
Criminal Damage Arson	16
Burglary	12
Anti Social Behaviour	12
Public Order	10
Vehicle Crime	9
Shoplifting	6
Other Theft	4
Other Crime	4
Robbery	3
Drugs	2
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	101

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 Forestdale. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

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 Forestdale

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

Location	Crime Incidents
New Addington (1.24 miles)	155
Addington (1.39 miles)	136
Spring Park (1.86 miles)	109
Forestdale	101
Hamsey Green (1.96 miles)	92
Sanderstead (1.96 miles)	76
Chelsham (1.96 miles)	38
Farleigh (1.39 miles)	16
Farleigh Court (1.39 miles)	16
Fickleshole (1.75 miles)	10

Where are the most violent places near Forestdale?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
New Addington	50
Hamsey Green	38
Addington	37
Forestdale	22
Sanderstead	21
Spring Park	19
Chelsham	12
Farleigh	6
Farleigh Court	6
Fickleshole	4

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

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 Forestdale 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 Forestdale compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Forestdale and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Forestdale is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	New Addington North	67
2	New Addington South	67
3	Park Hill & Whitgift	63
4	Warlingham East and Chelsham and Farleigh	60
5	Selsdon & Addington Village	47
6	Selsdon Vale & Forestdale	47
7	Shirley North	44
8	Whyteleafe	44
9	Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown	43
10	Sanderstead	31
11	Kenley	27

Which road in Forestdale has the highest level of crime?

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