Total Crime Rate
76.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Westbury 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.
View Crime In Croydon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tugela Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gloucester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bullrush Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bullrush Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bullrush Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sydenham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northcote Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saracen Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Northcote Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beaconsfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Westbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Owen Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sydenham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cromwell Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tugela Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sydenham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tugela Road | — |
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