Total Crime Rate

529.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 529.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 136.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 131.4 10/10
  • Public order 62.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 60.4 10/10
  • Drugs 46.2 10/10
  • Other theft 37.3 10/10
  • Other crime 16.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.4 9/10
  • Burglary 8.9 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.1 9/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Shoplifting 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.8 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.8 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Windmill Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Broad Green , and the 24th highest crime rate of 1,082 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 Windmill Road (CR0 2XQ) in the last 12 months was 529.3 per 1,000 residents and was 206.2% higher than the Broad Green average (172.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 77 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 115 (≈ 204.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Windmill Road (CR0 2XQ), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 139 crimes here, including 77 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Windmill Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Willis Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tugela Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Berney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Thornhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St James'S Park
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willis Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limes Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limes Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Limes Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tugela Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Studio Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ashby Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Ashby Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tugela Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Westbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Union Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hogarth Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Willis Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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