Waddon ranks 4th amongst 28 Croydon wards. There were 2486 crime incidents reported in Waddon for 2023. With an estimated population of 18683, crime rate (crime per 1000 residents) is 133.06, a decrease of 0.75 % compared to previous year.
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Waddon crime incidents by crime type
- Violence and sexual offences – 689 (27.7)%
- Anti-social behaviour – 545 (21.9)%
- Vehicle crime – 242 (9.7)%
- Other theft – 180 (7.2)%
- Criminal damage and arson – 176 (7.1)%
- Shoplifting – 150 (6.0)%
- Public order – 149 (6.0)%
- Burglary – 112 (4.5)%
- Drugs – 89 (3.6)%
- Robbery – 87 (3.5)%
- Theft from the person – 28 (1.1)%
- Other crime – 18 (0.7)%
- Possession of weapons – 11 (0.4)%
- Bicycle theft – 10 (0.4)%
How does Waddon compare to other Croydon wards?
Out of the 28 Croydon wards, Fairfield (Croydon), Broad Green, Selhurst has highest crime rates (crime per 1000 residents) for 2023.
List of all 28 wards from high crime rate to low.
- Fairfield (Croydon) (416.5)
- Broad Green (184.5)
- Selhurst (144.8)
- Waddon (133.1)
- West Thornton (132.5)
- South Norwood (120.3)
- Thornton Heath (103.6)
- South Croydon (101.5)
- New Addington South (99.5)
- Norbury & Pollards Hill (98.3)
- Bensham Manor (96.0)
- Addiscombe East (95.0)
- Addiscombe West (93.9)
- Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood (92.7)
- Woodside (Croydon) (91.6)
- Norbury Park (88.1)
- Purley & Woodcote (78.2)
- New Addington North (75.3)
- Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown (73.3)
- Shirley South (Croydon) (66.8)
- Shirley North (66.6)
- Selsdon & Addington Village (62.2)
- Selsdon Vale & Forestdale (59.9)
- Park Hill & Whitgift (59.1)
- Coulsdon Town (56.3)
- Old Coulsdon (55.8)
- Kenley (45.8)
- Sanderstead (40.3)
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Waddon map showing crime hot spots
Postcode locations of all 2023 crime incidents is projected on the map to show the hot-spots. Higher Crime Count (number of crime incidents for same postcode) is indicated by marker size, with marker color corresponding to the color scale. Slider can be used to filter the markers based on Crime Count.