Total Crime Rate
176.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thomson Crescent area has the 37th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Broad Green , and the 165th highest crime rate of 1,070 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 Thomson Crescent (CR0 3JT) in the last 12 months was 176.0 per 1,000 residents and was 2.9% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 68.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 112.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thomson Crescent (CR0 3JT), 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Euston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Miller Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bute Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bute Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Enterprise Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Onslow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sumner Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sumner Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Miller Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Miller Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Allen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Effingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Allen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Effingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Effingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Effingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thomson Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thomson Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fairmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Euston 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Onslow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Onslow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Enterprise Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Onslow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Effingham Road | Local resolution |
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