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Crime in CR8 2

How much crime is recorded in CR8 2, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Croydon
Region
London
Population
22,308 (2024)
Crime

How safe is CR8 2

Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 29.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in CR8 2, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
29.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
62
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).

CR8 2National
Violence and sexual offences17.623.6
Burglary13.19.1
Anti-social behaviour12.410.7
Shoplifting9.68.4
Vehicle crime6.03.5
Other theft4.14.5
Public order3.74.6
Drugs3.12.4
Robbery2.51.4
Criminal damage and arson2.44.7
Theft from the person1.12.1
Other crime0.91.5
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat 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.

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