Total Crime Rate
2021.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Tamworth Road area has the highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Broad Green , and the highest crime rate of 1,082 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 Tamworth Road (CR0 1XT) in the last 12 months was 2021.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1069.5% higher than the Broad Green average (172.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 189 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 237 (≈ 516.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tamworth Road (CR0 1XT), the main crime hotspot is near North End. Police recorded 787 crimes here, including 244 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | North End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | North End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | North End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | North End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | North End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | North End | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | North End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | North End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | North End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | North End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | North End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | North End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | North End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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