Total Crime Rate
257.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
98.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grenaby Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Broad Green , and the 91st 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 Grenaby Road (CR0 2EJ) in the last 12 months was 257.5 per 1,000 residents and was 42.1% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 98.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grenaby Road (CR0 2EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bedford Place, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newgate (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Croydon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lewen Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Newgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saddle Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newgate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Saddle Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sydenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bridge Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bedford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lewen Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewen Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewen Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Milton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Milton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bedford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bedford Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lewen Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tavistock Grove | Under investigation |
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