Crime Rates at Drayton Road, Croydon, CR0 1XR

Drayton Road 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 Drayton Road (CR0 1XR) 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 Drayton Road (CR0 1XR), the main crime hotspot is near North End. Police recorded 723 crimes here, including 249 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.