Total Crime Rate

85.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

37.3 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 85.8 7/10
  • Violent crimes 37.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.2 7/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other theft 3.7 4/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • 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

Cromwell 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cromwell Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beaconsfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Union Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Tavistock Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Cromwell Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Burglary Willis Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Milton Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sydenham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sydenham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarence Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tavistock Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Union Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Johnson Road
Apr 2026Public order Clarence Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hampton Road
Apr 2026Burglary Union Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Beaconsfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Beaconsfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cromwell Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cromwell Road
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Tavistock Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Milton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Clarence Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Westbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tugela Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tugela Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clarence Road

Data Sources

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