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Crime · Purley
Reported crime in central Purley
2,839 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 79 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
2,839
Rate / 1,000
79
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 879 | 31% |
| Anti social behaviour | 502 | 18% |
| Vehicle crime | 299 | 11% |
| Other theft | 199 | 7% |
| Shoplifting | 193 | 7% |
| Burglary | 187 | 7% |
| Public order | 156 | 5% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 139 | 5% |
| Drugs | 110 | 4% |
| Robbery | 79 | 3% |
| Other crime | 40 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 34 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 13 | 0% |
| Bicycle theft | 9 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 90 | 71 | 59 | 72 | 53 | 59 | 72 | 84 | 101 | 61 | 65 | 92 | 879 |
| Anti social behaviour | 47 | 57 | 49 | 42 | 36 | 42 | 34 | 39 | 35 | 34 | 39 | 48 | 502 |
| Vehicle crime | 18 | 19 | 25 | 36 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 26 | 20 | 41 | 31 | 299 |
| Other theft | 25 | 25 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 199 |
| Shoplifting | 31 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 193 |
| Burglary | 28 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 187 |
| Public order | 20 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 156 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 24 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 139 | |
| Drugs | 10 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 110 |
| Robbery | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 79 |
| Other crime | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 40 | ||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 34 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| Total | 306 | 253 | 217 | 251 | 178 | 213 | 221 | 253 | 265 | 201 | 212 | 269 | 2839 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Purley, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 35,901.