A teenager was taken to hospital after being stabbed in Croydon.

Officers and paramedics found the teenage boy with stab wounds after being called to Maxwell Close, near Valley Retail Park, at about 6.05pm on Wednesday, July 27.

The boy, who is understood to be in his mid-teens, was taken to a south London hospital by paramedics from the London Ambulance Service shortly afterwards.

His injuries are not thought to be life-changing or life-threatening.

No arrests have been made and Croydon detectives are continuing their investigation.