Total Crime Rate

113.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

47.8 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 113.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 47.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.1 6/10
  • Public order 5.3 5/10
  • Robbery 5.3 7/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Burglary 1.8 1/10
  • Other crime 1.8 1/10
  • Other theft 1.8 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

St James'S Road area has the 39th lowest crime rate of 104 local areas in Broad Green , and the 328th 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 St James'S Road (CR0 2UG) in the last 12 months was 113.3 per 1,000 residents and was 37.5% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 47.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St James'S Road (CR0 2UG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 177 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wellington Road (72 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St James'S Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Kidderminster Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kidderminster Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kidderminster Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Kidderminster Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Kidderminster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kidderminster Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Montague Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Montague Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Montague Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Montague Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Montague Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Montague Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Montague Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chatfield Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chatfield Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chatfield Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chatfield Road
Apr 2026Burglary Chatfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Chatfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chatfield Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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