South Norwood
WardNorth Croydon. About 16,927 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.1 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in South Norwood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How South Norwood compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is South Norwood safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in South Norwood at a rate of 105.6 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, 163 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in South Norwood.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (636), anti-social behaviour (364) and other crime (309).
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 South Norwood alone. See Croydon
South Norwood in brief
South Norwood had 16,447 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in South Norwood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In South Norwood, 92.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In South Norwood, 7.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.