Shirley North
WardNorth east Croydon. About 15,613 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.1 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 13% of people in Shirley North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Shirley North compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Shirley North safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Shirley North at a rate of 80.2 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, 100 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Shirley North.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (317), shoplifting (269) and anti-social behaviour (211).
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 North alone. See Croydon
Shirley North in brief
Shirley North had 15,399 usual residents at the census.
About 13% of people in Shirley North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Shirley North, 92.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Shirley North, 4.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.