Postcode · Purley
Crime in CR8 2DN
How much crime is recorded in CR8 2DN, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Kenley North
- Council
- Croydon
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,723 (2024)
CR8 2DNPurley
How safe is CR8 2DN
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CR8 2DN 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
16.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
58
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).
CR8 2DNNational
Shoplifting22.08.4
Violence and sexual offences10.023.6
Anti-social behaviour9.610.7
Burglary7.89.1
Other theft3.14.5
Robbery2.81.4
Public order2.54.6
Vehicle crime2.13.5
Criminal damage and arson2.14.7
Drugs1.42.4
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Other crime0.31.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 23% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
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20
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.