Total Crime Rate
114.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cecil Road area has the 46th lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Broad Green , and the 328th highest crime rate of 1,082 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 Cecil Road (CR0 3BN) in the last 12 months was 114.8 per 1,000 residents and was 33.6% lower than the Broad Green average (172.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 62.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cecil Road (CR0 3BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Songhurst Close, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cecil Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ockley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Brading Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Lancing Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lancing Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Songhurst Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Songhurst Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Songhurst Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Songhurst Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Songhurst Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Drake Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Drake Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Songhurst Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ockley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lavender Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lavender Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brading Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mitcham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancing Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mitcham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mitcham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brading Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Thornton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosecourt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosecourt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosecourt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cecil Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cecil Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ockley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ockley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ockley Road | Under investigation |
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