Total Crime Rate

112.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 112.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.8 9/10
  • Drugs 16.8 9/10
  • Other theft 8.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Robbery 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Charles Street area has the 45th lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Broad Green , and the 338th 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 Charles Street (CR0 1TR) in the last 12 months was 112.0 per 1,000 residents and was 35.2% lower than the Broad Green average (172.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -38.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 50.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Charles Street (CR0 1TR), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 252 crimes here, including 103 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Charles Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitgift Street —
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Fellmongers Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fellmongers Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fellmongers Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fellmongers Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Fellmongers Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Fellmongers Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Fellmongers Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Meadow Stile Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson North End Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Middle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Middle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Road —
Sep 2025Public order Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Howley Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keeley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Old Palace Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Palace Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Scarbrook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lower Coombe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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