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Safest Areas in Croydon

Data: 2025-04 to 2026-03 · Source: data.police.uk

Burglaries (12 months)

1,841

4.54 per 1,000 residents

UK average (per 1,000)

3.4

England & Wales

vs UK average

+35%

burglary rate difference

Safest neighbourhoods in Croydon

Ranked by burglary rate, lowest first

1

New Addington North

1.80/1,000
Safety score: 722

New Addington South

2.54/1,000
Safety score: 533

Selsdon Vale & Forestdale

2.54/1,000
Safety score: 534

Old Coulsdon

2.56/1,000
Safety score: 535

Shirley South

2.87/1,000
Safety score: 466

Pollards Hill

2.92/1,000
Safety score: 457

Knight's Hill

2.93/1,000
Safety score: 448

Woodside

3.02/1,000
Safety score: 429

Longthornton

3.21/1,000
Safety score: 3910

Thornton Heath

3.22/1,000
Safety score: 3911

Selsdon & Addington Village

3.24/1,000
Safety score: 3812

Sanderstead

3.25/1,000
Safety score: 3813

Whyteleafe

3.37/1,000
Safety score: 3614

South Norwood

3.64/1,000
Safety score: 3115

Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood

3.76/1,000
Safety score: 2916

Chipstead, Kingswood & Woodmansterne

3.80/1,000
Safety score: 2917

Shirley North

3.96/1,000
Safety score: 2618

Kenley

3.97/1,000
Safety score: 2619

Coulsdon Town

3.99/1,000
Safety score: 2620

Gipsy Hill

4.37/1,000
Safety score: 2121

Purley & Woodcote

4.64/1,000
Safety score: 1922

Norbury Park

4.73/1,000
Safety score: 1823

Addiscombe West

4.79/1,000
Safety score: 1724

South Croydon

4.83/1,000
Safety score: 1725

Bensham Manor

4.84/1,000
Safety score: 1726

Addiscombe East

4.90/1,000
Safety score: 1627

Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown

4.96/1,000
Safety score: 1628

Waddon

5.15/1,000
Safety score: 1529

South Beddington & Roundshaw

5.34/1,000
Safety score: 1330

Streatham Common & Vale

5.34/1,000
Safety score: 13

Burglary hotspots in Croydon

Ranked by burglary rate, highest first

1

Fairfield

12.37/1,000
Safety score: 12

Norbury & Pollards Hill

6.33/1,000
Safety score: 83

West Thornton

6.18/1,000
Safety score: 94

Selhurst

5.68/1,000
Safety score: 115

Park Hill & Whitgift

5.61/1,000
Safety score: 126

Broad Green

5.35/1,000
Safety score: 137

South Beddington & Roundshaw

5.34/1,000
Safety score: 138

Streatham Common & Vale

5.34/1,000
Safety score: 139

Waddon

5.15/1,000
Safety score: 1510

Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown

4.96/1,000
Safety score: 1611

Addiscombe East

4.90/1,000
Safety score: 1612

Bensham Manor

4.84/1,000
Safety score: 1713

South Croydon

4.83/1,000
Safety score: 1714

Addiscombe West

4.79/1,000
Safety score: 1715

Norbury Park

4.73/1,000
Safety score: 1816

Purley & Woodcote

4.64/1,000
Safety score: 1917

Gipsy Hill

4.37/1,000
Safety score: 2118

Coulsdon Town

3.99/1,000
Safety score: 2619

Kenley

3.97/1,000
Safety score: 2620

Shirley North

3.96/1,000
Safety score: 2621

Chipstead, Kingswood & Woodmansterne

3.80/1,000
Safety score: 2922

Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood

3.76/1,000
Safety score: 2923

South Norwood

3.64/1,000
Safety score: 3124

Whyteleafe

3.37/1,000
Safety score: 3625

Sanderstead

3.25/1,000
Safety score: 3826

Selsdon & Addington Village

3.24/1,000
Safety score: 3827

Thornton Heath

3.22/1,000
Safety score: 3928

Longthornton

3.21/1,000
Safety score: 3929

Woodside

3.02/1,000
Safety score: 4230

Knight's Hill

2.93/1,000
Safety score: 44

About Croydon

Population

405,323

Households

158,477

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Crime data from data.police.uk. Population data from Census 2021. Data covers 2025-04 to 2026-03.