Total Crime Rate

76.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

38.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 76.9 7/10
  • Violent crimes 38.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.5 7/10
  • Burglary 7.0 7/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Robbery 3.5 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Westbury Road area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 97 local areas in Bensham Manor , and the 532nd highest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Westbury Road (CR0 2ES) in the last 12 months was 76.9 per 1,000 residents and was 14.7% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 38.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Westbury Road (CR0 2ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Guildford Road (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Westbury Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tugela Road
Apr 2026Other theft The Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beaconsfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Gloucester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bullrush Close
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bullrush Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Bullrush Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarence Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Clarence Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour The Crescent
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sydenham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Clarence Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clarence Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Northcote Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Saracen Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Northcote Road
Apr 2026Burglary Beaconsfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Westbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Owen Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sydenham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Cromwell Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tugela Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Sydenham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Guildford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tugela Road

Data Sources

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