Shirley South
WardNorth east Croydon. About 10,601 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 23% of people in Shirley South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Shirley South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Shirley South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Shirley South at a rate of 62.9 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, 55 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Shirley South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (223), anti-social behaviour (109) and other crime (95).
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 Shirley South alone. See Croydon
Shirley South in brief
Shirley South had 10,622 usual residents at the census.
About 23% of people in Shirley South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Shirley South, 92.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Shirley South, 5.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.