Total Crime Rate

154.4 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 154.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 32.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.7 9/10
  • Drugs 15.2 9/10
  • Other theft 12.7 9/10
  • Public order 12.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.1 3/10
  • Burglary 5.1 6/10
  • Other crime 2.5 2/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.5 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 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

Cecil Road area has the 46th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Broad Green , and the 212th 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 3BQ) in the last 12 months was 154.4 per 1,000 residents and was 10.7% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 58.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 95.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cecil Road (CR0 3BQ), 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.

Crime Over Time in Cecil Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Westcombe Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lavender Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ockley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ockley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ockley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ockley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ockley Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brading Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brading Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brading Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lavender Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lavender Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Songhurst Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ockley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Songhurst Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Songhurst Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Songhurst Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Songhurst Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Songhurst Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Songhurst Close
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Westcombe Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Westcombe Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stonecroft Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stonecroft Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dacre Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ockley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rosedene Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Alfriston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Peall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Thornton Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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