Addiscombe West
WardNorth Croydon. About 17,327 people in 1.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 28% of people in Addiscombe West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Addiscombe West compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Addiscombe West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Addiscombe West at a rate of 92.9 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, 128 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Addiscombe West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (499), anti-social behaviour (372) and other crime (256).
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 ward, so they describe all of Croydon and not Addiscombe West alone. See Croydon
Addiscombe West in brief
Addiscombe West had 16,210 usual residents at the census.
About 28% of people in Addiscombe West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Addiscombe West, 85.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Addiscombe West, 6.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.