Total Crime Rate
84.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Amersham Road area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 97 local areas in Bensham Manor , and the 473rd 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 Amersham Road (CR0 2QJ) in the last 12 months was 84.9 per 1,000 residents and was 5.9% lower than the Bensham Manor average (90.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 29.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Amersham Road (CR0 2QJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 55 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 | Other theft | Henderson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Westbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mayo Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marion Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sandringham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tugela Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tugela Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tugela Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beaconsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pawson'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Amersham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tugela Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mayo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saracen Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mayo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Henderson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Devonshire Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hampton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marion Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Tirrell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Northcote Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tirrell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tirrell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Guildford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonshire Road | Under investigation |
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