Postcode · Croydon
Crime in CR0 8AA
How much crime is recorded in CR0 8AA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Shirley West
- Council
- Croydon
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,576 (2024)
CR0 8AACroydon
How safe is CR0 8AA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 24.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CR0 8AA area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
24.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
65
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 8AANational
Shoplifting24.88.4
Violence and sexual offences15.223.6
Anti-social behaviour7.310.7
Vehicle crime6.83.5
Other theft5.14.5
Burglary2.89.1
Public order1.94.6
Robbery0.71.4
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Criminal damage and arson0.54.7
Other crime0.41.5
Drugs0.22.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.