Postcode · Croydon
Crime in CR0 5EB
How much crime is recorded in CR0 5EB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Shirley West
- Council
- Croydon
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,552 (2024)
CR0 5EBCroydon
How safe is CR0 5EB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 24.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CR0 5EB area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
24.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
108
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 5EBNational
Shoplifting58.08.4
Violence and sexual offences18.523.6
Burglary9.99.1
Anti-social behaviour8.810.7
Other theft5.44.5
Public order4.94.6
Drugs3.42.4
Robbery2.21.4
Vehicle crime2.03.5
Criminal damage and arson1.44.7
Other crime0.71.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 10% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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10
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.