Total Crime Rate
136.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Thomson Crescent area has the 52nd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Broad Green , and the 251st 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 Thomson Crescent (CR0 3JT) in the last 12 months was 136.0 per 1,000 residents and was 21.3% lower than the Broad Green average (172.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 36.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thomson Crescent (CR0 3JT), the main crime hotspot is near Onslow Road. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Sumner Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Onslow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Euston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Euston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Martin Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gurney Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gurney Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Thomson Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Onslow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Onslow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allen Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Onslow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Onslow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Onslow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Onslow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Onslow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Onslow Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Miller Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allen Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Martin Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hatton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Effingham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hatton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sumner Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sumner Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sumner Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sumner Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sumner Road South | Under investigation |
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