Postcode · Croydon
Crime in CR0 8PS
How much crime is recorded in CR0 8PS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Shirley East
- Council
- Croydon
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,597 (2024)
CR0 8PSCroydon
How safe is CR0 8PS
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 17.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CR0 8PS 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
17.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
27
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 8PSNational
Burglary9.59.1
Vehicle crime7.13.5
Violence and sexual offences6.923.6
Anti-social behaviour5.910.7
Public order1.84.6
Other theft0.74.5
Drugs0.72.4
Criminal damage and arson0.54.7
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Robbery0.41.4
Theft from the person0.02.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 28% 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.