Postcode · Coulsdon
Crime in CR5 1LN
How much crime is recorded in CR5 1LN, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Old Coulsdon
- Council
- Croydon
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,536 (2024)
CR5 1LNCoulsdon
How safe is CR5 1LN
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 17.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CR5 1LN 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
17.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
29
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).
CR5 1LNNational
Violence and sexual offences12.323.6
Anti-social behaviour3.810.7
Burglary3.49.1
Vehicle crime3.43.5
Public order2.54.6
Other theft1.84.5
Drugs1.42.4
Criminal damage and arson1.34.7
Robbery0.51.4
Other crime0.41.5
Possession of weapons0.00.9
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.