Postcode · Coulsdon
Crime in CR5 2LE
How much crime is recorded in CR5 2LE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Coulsdon
- Council
- Croydon
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,770 (2024)
CR5 2LECoulsdon
How safe is CR5 2LE
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 2LE 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
33
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 2LENational
Violence and sexual offences12.023.6
Anti-social behaviour8.510.7
Burglary8.29.1
Other theft3.84.5
Vehicle crime3.53.5
Criminal damage and arson1.74.7
Public order1.24.6
Drugs0.42.4
Possession of weapons0.10.9
Robbery0.11.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.