Total Crime Rate
153.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
75.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mitcham Road area has the 45th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Broad Green , and the 202nd 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 Mitcham Road (CR0 3JN) in the last 12 months was 153.2 per 1,000 residents and was 15.5% lower than the Broad Green average (181.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 75.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mitcham Road (CR0 3JN), the main crime hotspot is near Onslow Road. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Croydon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oakwood Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Drake Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drake Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drake Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Onslow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Onslow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Onslow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Onslow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Onslow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drake Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drake Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thomson Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thomson Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Drake Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Drake Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wortley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kingsley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Kingsley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mitcham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mitcham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mitcham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mitcham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Canterbury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canterbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canterbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oakwood Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oakwood Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oakwood Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sutherland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wortley Road | — |
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