Croydon Observatory – Crime & Community Safety

The absence of a safe and secure place in which to live can have an extremely negative impact on physical and emotional health and wellbeing. This report displays data on overall crime and a breakdown of crime types for Croydon.

Single crime case data have been aggregated for Croydon and rates are calculated per 1,000 population. 12-month rolling figures use an average of the population monthly figures over the same period. Where the dates for the crime data exceed the latest available date for population estimates, the latest population figure was used for any crime rates after that date (no extrapolating).

Crime rate by type of crime

Crime rates by type for Croydon for Oct-20 - Sep-21

	Count	Per 1,000	Count	Per 1,000	Count	Per 1,000
	Croydon		London		England
Anti-social behaviour	12,787	33.1	342,336	38.2	1,345,325	23.9
Bicycle theft	247	0.6	22,745	2.5	65,533	1.2
Burglary	2,072	5.4	53,894	6	214,286	3.8
Criminal damage and arson	2,496	6.5	52,387	5.8	417,064	7.4
Drugs	2,193	5.7	45,163	5	159,056	2.8
Possession of weapons	261	0.7	5,113	0.6	35,581	0.6
Public order	2,442	6.3	59,419	6.6	433,811	7.7
Robbery	861	2.2	22,864	2.6	49,894	0.9
Shoplifting	1,315	3.4	33,764	3.8	209,327	3.7
Theft from the person	489	1.3	34,670	3.9	56,034	1
Other theft	3,059	7.9	81,502	9.1	316,331	5.6
Vehicle crime	3,945	10.2	98,493	11	288,068	5.1
Violence and sexual offences	11,347	29.3	238,135	26.6	1,722,182	30.6
Public disorder and weapons	1,243	3.4	33,566	4	134,095	2.5
Violent crime	6,372	17.3	139,404	16.8	606,623	11.3
Other crime	468	1.2	10,271	1.2	90,372	1.6

Change in the overall crime rate

Rates (per 1,000)

	Croydon	London	England
Oct-19	7.4	8.7	6.9
Nov-19	7.0	8.5	6.7
Dec-19	6.5	8.2	6.5
Jan-20	7.6	8.5	6.9
Feb-20	7.2	8.1	6.5
Mar-20	7.5	7.4	6.2
Apr-20	5.6	5.3	4.9
May-20	6.3	6.2	5.5
Jun-20	6.9	6.8	6.0
Jul-20	7.7	7.7	6.7
Aug-20	7.4	7.8	6.7
Sep-20	7.0	7.8	6.5
Oct-20	7.2	7.8	6.4
Nov-20	6.6	7.2	6.0
Dec-20	6.3	6.7	5.7
Jan-21	6.2	5.8	5.3
Feb-21	5.8	5.7	5.1
Mar-21	6.7	6.9	6.3
Apr-21	6.4	6.8	5.8
May-21	6.8	7.4	6.2
Jun-21	7.3	7.6	6.4
Jul-21	7.2	7.7	6.5
Aug-21	7.3	7.4	6.2
Sep-21	7.0	7.7	6.3

Counts

	Croydon	London	England
Oct-19	2,868	78,129	390,632
Nov-19	2,717	75,722	377,596
Dec-19	2,509	73,163	365,002
Jan-20	2,951	76,454	385,960
Feb-20	2,801	72,766	364,242
Mar-20	2,913	66,191	346,764
Apr-20	2,165	47,747	273,370
May-20	2,430	55,898	311,301
Jun-20	2,659	61,254	337,895
Jul-20	2,975	69,005	377,858
Aug-20	2,874	70,059	377,375
Sep-20	2,702	69,976	365,036
Oct-20	2,770	69,708	362,740
Nov-20	2,559	64,270	340,233
Dec-20	2,420	59,646	321,051
Jan-21	2,389	51,855	295,937
Feb-21	2,254	51,426	289,395
Mar-21	2,591	61,594	351,944
Apr-21	2,457	60,486	324,465
May-21	2,631	66,470	348,291
Jun-21	2,832	68,453	357,696
Jul-21	2,765	69,385	365,664
Aug-21	2,836	66,032	348,524
Sep-21	2,691	69,095	351,599

Map

Croydon - Crime - UTLA

Croydon - Crime - UTLA - Croydon