Crime Rates at Gloucester Road, Croydon, CR0 2DH

Gloucester Road area has the 43rd lowest crime rate of 97 local areas in Bensham Manor , and the 379th 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 Gloucester Road (CR0 2DH) in the last 12 months was 100.9 per 1,000 residents and was 11.9% higher than the Bensham Manor average (90.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 43.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 76.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gloucester Road (CR0 2DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sydenham Road, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lewen Close (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.