Postcode · Croydon
Crime in CR0 8AF
How much crime is recorded in CR0 8AF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Shirley West
- Council
- Croydon
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,416 (2024)
CR0 8AFCroydon
How safe is CR0 8AF
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CR0 8AF area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
16.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
26
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 8AFNational
Vehicle crime9.53.5
Violence and sexual offences6.223.6
Anti-social behaviour3.910.7
Drugs1.82.4
Public order1.64.6
Other theft1.24.5
Criminal damage and arson1.14.7
Burglary0.79.1
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Other crime0.11.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 30% 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.