Total Crime Rate
367.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
98.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Watteau Square area has the 18th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Broad Green , and the 52nd highest crime rate of 1,070 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 Watteau Square (CR0 3FB) in the last 12 months was 367.9 per 1,000 residents and was 103.0% higher than the Broad Green average (181.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 98.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Watteau Square (CR0 3FB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 245 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sumner Road (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Croydon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Croydon Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sumner Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Westfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Watteau Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sumner Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sumner Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Watteau Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Watteau Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watteau Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sumner Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sumner Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Renown Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Renown Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Renown Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leighton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leighton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sumner Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Albion Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vanguard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastney Road | Under investigation |
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