Crime Statistics for Upper Elmers End, London, Croydon, 2024

There were a total of 268 street level crime incidents in Upper Elmers End 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 Upper Elmers End, 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	69
Anti Social Behaviour	36
Vehicle Crime	34
Other Theft	32
Robbery	21
Shoplifting	21
Criminal Damage Arson	15
Drugs	12
Public Order	10
Burglary	9
Other Crime	4
Theft From The Person	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
All Crime	268

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 Upper Elmers End. 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 Upper Elmers End

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Anerley (1.75 miles)	554
Addiscombe (1.39 miles)	541
Monks Orchard (0.62 miles)	416
New Beckenham (1.86 miles)	393
Shirley (0.88 miles)	273
Upper Elmers End	268
Eden Park (0.62 miles)	242
Beckenham (1.39 miles)	235
Park Langley (1.24 miles)	155
Spring Park (1.24 miles)	109

Where are the most violent places near Upper Elmers End?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Anerley	188
Addiscombe	146
Monks Orchard	121
New Beckenham	103
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 Upper Elmers End?

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 Upper Elmers End 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 Upper Elmers End compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	South Norwood	75
2	Woodside	67
3	Park Hill & Whitgift	63
4	Addiscombe East	54
5	Addiscombe West	52
6	Shirley South	50
7	Selsdon & Addington Village	47
8	Kelsey and Eden Park	46
9	Shirley North	44
10	Clock House	42
11	West Wickham	20

Which road in Upper Elmers End has the highest level of crime?

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