Postcode · South Croydon
Crime in CR2 9HP
How much crime is recorded in CR2 9HP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Sanderstead
- Council
- Croydon
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,449 (2024)
CR2 9HPSouth Croydon
How safe is CR2 9HP
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CR2 9HP area, well 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
20.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
30
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).
CR2 9HPNational
Violence and sexual offences12.023.6
Vehicle crime6.93.5
Anti-social behaviour6.010.7
Burglary4.69.1
Other theft1.54.5
Criminal damage and arson1.04.7
Other crime0.51.5
Drugs0.52.4
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Robbery0.11.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 9% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.