Crime Statistics for Sanderstead, London, Croydon, 2024

There were a total of 76 street level crime incidents in Sanderstead in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Sanderstead, 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	21
Burglary	9
Anti Social Behaviour	9
Other Theft	9
Vehicle Crime	7
Robbery	6
Shoplifting	5
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Public Order	3
Possession Of Weapons	1
Other Crime	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	76

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 Sanderstead. 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 Sanderstead

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Roundshaw (2.24 miles)	263
South Croydon (1.39 miles)	243
Russell Hill (1.86 miles)	177
Forestdale (1.96 miles)	101
Hamsey Green (1.75 miles)	92
Warlingham (2.24 miles)	92
Sanderstead	76
Kenley (1.39 miles)	71
Farleigh (2.55 miles)	16
Farleigh Court (2.55 miles)	16

Where are the most violent places near Sanderstead?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Roundshaw	92
South Croydon	65
Russell Hill	41
Hamsey Green	38
Warlingham	35
Kenley	26
Forestdale	22
Sanderstead	21
Farleigh	6
Farleigh Court	6

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

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 Sanderstead 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 Sanderstead compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Waddon	68
2	South Croydon	53
3	Whyteleafe	44
4	Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown	43
5	Coulsdon Town	39
6	Purley & Woodcote	38
7	Old Coulsdon	37
8	Sanderstead	31
9	Portley	29
10	Carshalton South and Clockhouse	28
11	Kenley	27

Which road in Sanderstead has the highest level of crime?

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