Shirley East
Middle areaNorth east Croydon. 6,538 people in 1.1 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 22% of people in Shirley East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Shirley East
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Shirley East at a rate of 69.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 103.0 per 1,000 people across Croydon.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 193 |
| Other crime | 76 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 67 |
| Vehicle crime | 44 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 33 |
| Drug offences | 16 |
| Burglary | 10 |
| Robbery | 6 |
| Shoplifting | 5 |
| Theft from the person | 4 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Shirley East compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Shirley East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Shirley East at a rate of 69.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 103.0 per 1,000 people across Croydon.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 42 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Shirley East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (193), other crime (76) and anti-social behaviour (67).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Croydon
These figures are published for the whole of Croydon, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Croydon and not Shirley East alone. See Croydon
Shirley East in brief
The median price paid for a home in Shirley East was £560,000 in 2025.
Shirley East had 6,671 usual residents at the census.
About 22% of people in Shirley East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Shirley East, 97.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.