Crime Statistics for Penge, London, Croydon, 2024

There were a total of 549 street level crime incidents in Penge 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 Penge, 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	171
Anti Social Behaviour	92
Vehicle Crime	59
Shoplifting	39
Public Order	37
Other Theft	35
Robbery	33
Criminal Damage Arson	28
Burglary	24
Drugs	13
Possession Of Weapons	7
Bicycle Theft	6
Theft From The Person	4
Other Crime	1
All Crime	549

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 Penge. 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 Penge

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

Location	Crime Incidents
South Norwood (1.39 miles)	765
Bell Green (1.75 miles)	563
Anerley (0.62 miles)	554
Penge	549
Lower Sydenham (0.88 miles)	548
Norwood New Town (1.24 miles)	512
Bellingham (1.96 miles)	432
Dulwich (1.24 miles)	407
New Beckenham (1.24 miles)	393
Eden Park (1.75 miles)	242

Where are the most violent places near Penge?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
South Norwood	257
Anerley	188
Norwood New Town	177
Penge	171
Lower Sydenham	142
Bell Green	141
Bellingham	107
New Beckenham	103
Dulwich	99
Eden Park	70

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

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 Penge 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 Penge compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Penge and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Penge is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Gipsy Hill	78
2	Crystal Palace	76
3	South Norwood	75
4	Thornton Heath	74
5	Penge and Cator	72
6	Bensham Manor	72
7	Knight's Hill	69
8	Norbury Park	69
9	Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood	67
10	Woodside	67
11	Dulwich Wood	66

Which road in Penge has the highest level of crime?

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