Postcode · Croydon
Crime in CR0 2LQ
How much crime is recorded in CR0 2LQ, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Selhurst North
- Council
- Croydon
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,116 (2024)
How safe is CR0 2LQ
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 34.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CR0 2LQ area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
34.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
71
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
CR0 2LQNational
Violence and sexual offences19.423.6
Anti-social behaviour17.510.7
Burglary8.99.1
Vehicle crime8.63.5
Other theft6.94.5
Public order4.94.6
Criminal damage and arson3.64.7
Drugs1.92.4
Robbery1.71.4
Possession of weapons1.60.9
Theft from the person1.02.1
Other crime0.71.5
Shoplifting0.28.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.