Total Crime Rate
526.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
208.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Overtons Yard area has the 12th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Broad Green , and the 29th highest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Overtons Yard (CR0 1SL) in the last 12 months was 526.5 per 1,000 residents and was 190.5% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 208.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Overtons Yard (CR0 1SL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near North End, where police recorded 445 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (118 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Croydon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Middle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dingwall Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dingwall Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dingwall Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dingwall Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dingwall Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Keeley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Keeley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fell Road | Under investigation |
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