Crime Statistics for Anerley, London, Croydon, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Anerley in October 2024. There were a total of 586 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Anerley, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	167
Anti Social Behaviour	124
Vehicle Crime	56
Shoplifting	52
Criminal Damage Arson	39
Other Theft	36
Burglary	29
Drugs	26
Public Order	19
Robbery	14
Theft From The Person	7
Bicycle Theft	7
Other Crime	6
Possession Of Weapons	4
All Crime	586

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Anerley. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Anerley

We've taken the ten nearest places to Anerley and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Anerley has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
South Norwood (0.88 miles)	1251
Lower Sydenham (1.39 miles)	621
Penge (0.62 miles)	608
Anerley	586
Norwood New Town (1.39 miles)	488
New Beckenham (1.39 miles)	475
Monks Orchard (1.39 miles)	357
Eden Park (1.39 miles)	354
Upper Elmers End (1.75 miles)	262
Beckenham (1.86 miles)	257

Where are the most violent places near Anerley?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Anerley and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
South Norwood	417
Lower Sydenham	168
Anerley	167
Penge	157
Norwood New Town	144
New Beckenham	115
Eden Park	105
Monks Orchard	100
Upper Elmers End	97
Beckenham	43

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Anerley?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Anerley to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Anerley compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Anerley and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Anerley is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Selhurst	85
2	Gipsy Hill	78
3	Crystal Palace	76
4	South Norwood	75
5	Thornton Heath	74
6	Bensham Manor	72
7	Knight's Hill	69
8	Norbury Park	69
9	Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood	67
10	Woodside	67
11	Dulwich Wood	66

Which road in Anerley has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Anerley with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Selhurst Road.