Total Crime Rate
381.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
192.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chatfield Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Broad Green , and the 49th 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 Chatfield Road (CR0 3LA) in the last 12 months was 381.9 per 1,000 residents and was 110.7% higher than the Broad Green average (181.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 89 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 12.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -69.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 102 (β 192.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chatfield Road (CR0 3LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 177 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wellington Road (72 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Croydon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nova Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nova Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mead Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mead Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Montague Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nova Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nova Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nova Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leighton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leighton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bishop'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nova Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Montague Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bishop'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishop'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hathaway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Albion Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hathaway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vanguard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
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