Total Crime Rate
85.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cromwell 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 Cromwell Road (CR0 2JN) 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 Cromwell Road (CR0 2JN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Union Road, where police recorded 64 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Union Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tavistock Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cromwell Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Willis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Milton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sydenham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sydenham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tavistock Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Johnson Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hampton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Union Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beaconsfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beaconsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromwell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromwell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tavistock Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Milton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Westbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tugela Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tugela Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Road | — |
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