“well i must say one thing..I have only ever had 1 burglary on my home, and that was back in the 80s..since then i have always made sure i have a dog in my home who could give someone a nasty bite he they broke in...knowing burglars these days, they will probably try and and sue me for damages..lmao”

“If I remember right, CR0 is the largest postcode area in the country by some distance, being the first postcode allocated after central London and before they'd worked out the 'right size' for a postcode.


Like everyone else though, I'm not terribly surprised. We were burgled this year, the police were very helpful and thorough, but didn't seem terribly optimistic that the offenders would be locked up.

I'm no great defender of the police - I think they should spend less time harassing law abiding members of the public and tourists with cameras for being suspected terrorists and more time doing something about unglamorous crimes like burglary and mugging - but ultimately the problem is our courts hand out derisory sentences (if they bother at all.) The next government needs to seriously look at sentencing. And if that means building double the number of jails we've got to tide us over until the law actually starts to be a deterrent again, then good - at least it'll help employment!”

“CRO is short for crowbar is it not.”

“Thanks for the info Carol.

I didnt know that the CR0 post code covered such a vast area.

And by the list of places you mentioned it's no surprise to me that these areas are burglary hot spots.”

“When you consider how vast the CR0 postcode covers it is not really surprising, New Addington is CR0, some of Purley Way is CR0 and part of West Croydon area (Sumner Road) is CR0!!!”