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Crime in CR7 8

How much crime is recorded in CR7 8, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Croydon
Region
London
Population
29,179 (2024)
Crime

How safe is CR7 8

Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 39.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in CR7 8, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
39.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
85
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).

CR7 8National
Violence and sexual offences25.623.6
Anti-social behaviour15.210.7
Shoplifting12.38.4
Burglary9.89.1
Vehicle crime7.93.5
Other theft5.14.5
Public order4.94.6
Drugs4.92.4
Criminal damage and arson3.54.7
Robbery2.41.4
Theft from the person1.92.1
Other crime1.11.5
Possession of weapons1.10.9
Bicycle theft0.81.0
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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