Crime in CR7 8FS
How much crime is recorded in CR7 8FS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Thornton Heath Central
- Council
- Croydon
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,862 (2024)
CR7 8FSThornton Heath
How safe is CR7 8FS
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 91.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CR7 8FS area, more than double the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 10 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.