Crime Statistics for South Croydon, London, Croydon, 2024

Crime statistics for South Croydon, London

There were a total of 243 street level crime incidents in South Croydon 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 South Croydon, 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 Crime65
Anti Social Behaviour51
Vehicle Crime23
Other Theft20
Robbery16
Criminal Damage Arson16
Burglary14
Public Order12
Drugs8
Shoplifting8
Theft From The Person3
Possession Of Weapons3
Bicycle Theft2
Other Crime2
All Crime243

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 South Croydon. 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 South Croydon

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Borad Green (1.86 miles)1278
Wandle Park (1.39 miles)756
Wallington (1.96 miles)351
Bandonhill (1.96 miles)351
Beddington (1.75 miles)334
South Beddington (1.86 miles)266
Roundshaw (1.24 miles)263
South Croydon243
Russell Hill (1.75 miles)177
Sanderstead (1.39 miles)76

27.38%
of Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near South Croydon?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Borad Green350
Wandle Park210
Wallington112
Bandonhill112
Beddington99
Roundshaw92
South Beddington89
South Croydon65
Russell Hill41
Sanderstead21

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

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 South Croydon 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 South Croydon compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Fairfield88
2Broad Green81
3Waddon68
4Park Hill & Whitgift63
5Beddington South55
6South Croydon53
7Addiscombe West52
8Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown43
9Coulsdon Town39
10Purley & Woodcote38
11Sanderstead31

Which road in South Croydon has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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