Postcode · Purley
Crime in CR8 4BX
How much crime is recorded in CR8 4BX, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Kenley North
- Council
- Croydon
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,885 (2024)
CR8 4BXPurley
How safe is CR8 4BX
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 18.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CR8 4BX 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
18.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
31
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 4BXNational
Burglary13.49.1
Violence and sexual offences10.323.6
Anti-social behaviour7.310.7
Vehicle crime4.23.5
Drugs1.42.4
Other theft1.24.5
Public order1.04.6
Criminal damage and arson0.84.7
Other crime0.41.5
Robbery0.31.4
Theft from the person0.32.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 28% 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.