Total Crime Rate
160.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Marden Crescent area has the 43rd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Broad Green , and the 201st 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 Marden Crescent (CR0 3ER) in the last 12 months was 160.6 per 1,000 residents and was 7.1% 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 ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 54.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marden Crescent (CR0 3ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Thornton Road, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Keston Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ramsey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lancing Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Thornton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Thornton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dunheved Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Thornton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Keston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dunheved Road West | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Aurelia Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunheved Road West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Peall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kenmare Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancing Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lancing Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Lancing Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kenmare Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Boston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosecourt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Furtherfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Furtherfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Boston Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosecourt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Wortley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Thornton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosecourt Road | Under investigation |
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