Total Crime Rate
240.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Church Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Broad Green , and the 102nd highest crime rate of 1,082 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 Road (CR0 1SH) in the last 12 months was 240.1 per 1,000 residents and was 38.9% higher than the Broad Green average (172.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (β 27.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Road (CR0 1SH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 197 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Surrey Street (74 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitgift Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Scarbrook Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Scarbrook Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitgift Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitgift Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitgift Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitgift Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitgift Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitgift Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitgift Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Whitgift Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Whitgift Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitgift Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wandle Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Robert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Robert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Robert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Robert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | The Croydon Flyover | Under investigation |
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