Crime Statistics for Monks Orchard, London, Croydon, 2024

There were a total of 416 street level crime incidents in Monks Orchard 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 Monks Orchard, 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	121
Anti Social Behaviour	59
Vehicle Crime	47
Shoplifting	39
Other Theft	36
Criminal Damage Arson	27
Robbery	26
Public Order	22
Burglary	15
Drugs	13
Other Crime	4
Possession Of Weapons	3
Theft From The Person	3
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	416

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 Monks Orchard. 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 Monks Orchard

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

Location	Crime Incidents
South Norwood (1.39 miles)	765
Anerley (1.39 miles)	554
Addiscombe (0.88 miles)	541
Monks Orchard	416
Shirley (0.62 miles)	273
Upper Elmers End (0.62 miles)	268
Eden Park (0.88 miles)	242
Beckenham (1.75 miles)	235
Park Langley (1.86 miles)	155
Spring Park (1.39 miles)	109

Where are the most violent places near Monks Orchard?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
South Norwood	257
Anerley	188
Addiscombe	146
Monks Orchard	121
Eden Park	70
Upper Elmers End	69
Shirley	68
Park Langley	56
Beckenham	51
Spring Park	19

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

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 Monks Orchard 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 Monks Orchard compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Monks Orchard and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Monks Orchard is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Fairfield	88
2	Selhurst	85
3	South Norwood	75
4	Bensham Manor	72
5	Woodside	67
6	Park Hill & Whitgift	63
7	Addiscombe East	54
8	Addiscombe West	52
9	Shirley South	50
10	Shirley North	44
11	Clock House	42

Which road in Monks Orchard has the highest level of crime?

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