Total Crime Rate

88.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

20.9 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 88.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 20.9 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.6 5/10
  • Drugs 7.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Burglary 4.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.7 4/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Public order 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Sydenham Road area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 104 local areas in Broad Green , and the 442nd 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 Sydenham Road (CR0 2FH) in the last 12 months was 88.4 per 1,000 residents and was 51.2% lower than the Broad Green average (181.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 20.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sydenham Road (CR0 2FH), the main crime hotspot is near Dingwall Road. Police recorded 252 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sydenham Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/131)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Dingwall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Edwin Place —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Milton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Milton Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bridge Place —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Bridge Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bridge Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cross Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Edwin Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences East Croydon Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Dingwall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Dingwall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Dingwall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Dingwall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Dingwall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Dingwall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Milton Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences East Croydon Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Dingwall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Bedford Park Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Lewen Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lewen Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lewen Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lewen Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour East Croydon —
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Bedford Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Bedford Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting East Croydon Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bedford Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bedford Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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