Total Crime Rate
152.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Johnson Road area has the 46th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Broad Green , and the 204th highest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Johnson Road (CR0 2JS) in the last 12 months was 152.3 per 1,000 residents and was 16.0% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 43.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Johnson Road (CR0 2JS), the main crime hotspot is near Sydenham Road. Police recorded 110 crimes here, including 35 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Northcote Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tavistock Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromwell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sydenham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Devonshire Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beaconsfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beaconsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Union Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Union Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tavistock Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tavistock Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cromwell Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Saddle Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saddle Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Milton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Milton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sydenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sydenham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sydenham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sydenham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sydenham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sydenham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonshire Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromwell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Johnson Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Milton Avenue | Under investigation |
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