Total Crime Rate
85.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Whitehorse Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 104 local areas in Broad Green , and the 466th highest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Whitehorse Road (CR0 2JB) in the last 12 months was 85.8 per 1,000 residents and was 52.6% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 37.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whitehorse Road (CR0 2JB), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 177 crimes here, including 99 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Croydon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tugela Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Willis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Union Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Union Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Newgate | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Newgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newgate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Saddle Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saddle Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonshire Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
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