Total Crime Rate
425.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
216.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Church Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Broad Green , and the 39th highest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Church Street (CR0 1RD) in the last 12 months was 425.1 per 1,000 residents and was 134.6% higher than the Broad Green average (181.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 88 (≈ 216.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Street (CR0 1RD), the main crime hotspot is near North End. Police recorded 445 crimes here, including 115 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Croydon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | North End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Scarbrook Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fellmongers Yard | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranmer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranmer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranmer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North End | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North End | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | North End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | North End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | North End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | North End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | North End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | North End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | North End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Reeves Corner | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Reeves Corner | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reeves Corner | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | North End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Scarbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North End | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North End | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North End | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North End | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North End | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North End | — |
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