Postcode · Croydon
Crime in CR9 2ER
How much crime is recorded in CR9 2ER, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Central Croydon
- Council
- Croydon
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,970 (2024)
CR9 2ERCroydon
How safe is CR9 2ER
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 37.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CR9 2ER area, 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
37.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
135
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).
CR9 2ERNational
Shoplifting42.08.4
Anti-social behaviour23.910.7
Violence and sexual offences23.823.6
Burglary20.29.1
Drugs13.02.4
Other theft6.64.5
Vehicle crime5.93.5
Public order4.94.6
Theft from the person3.12.1
Robbery2.81.4
Criminal damage and arson2.54.7
Possession of weapons1.60.9
Bicycle theft1.21.0
Other crime1.01.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 32% 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.