Total Crime Rate
338.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
87.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kidderminster Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Broad Green , and the 57th highest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kidderminster Road (CR0 2UE) in the last 12 months was 338.5 per 1,000 residents and was 86.8% higher 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 65 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 87.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kidderminster Road (CR0 2UE), the main crime hotspot is near North End. Police recorded 278 crimes here, including 134 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 | Other theft | Hathaway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St James'S Park | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | North End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | North End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | North End | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Panton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St James'S Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hospital | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Panton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St James'S Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hartley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobblestone Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cobblestone Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cobblestone Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cobblestone Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cobblestone Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobblestone Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobblestone Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobblestone Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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