Postcode · Coulsdon
Crime in CR5 3BE
How much crime is recorded in CR5 3BE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Woodmansterne
- Council
- Croydon
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,410 (2024)
CR5 3BECoulsdon
How safe is CR5 3BE
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 21.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CR5 3BE 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
21.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
32
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 3BENational
Burglary19.89.1
Violence and sexual offences9.423.6
Vehicle crime7.23.5
Anti-social behaviour5.510.7
Other theft1.24.5
Criminal damage and arson0.84.7
Public order0.74.6
Other crime0.61.5
Drugs0.52.4
Theft from the person0.32.1
Shoplifting0.38.4
Possession of weapons0.10.9
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.