Total Crime Rate
306.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
125.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bishops Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Broad Green , and the 72nd 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 Bishops Road (CR0 3LD) in the last 12 months was 306.0 per 1,000 residents and was 68.9% higher 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 125.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 129.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bishops Road (CR0 3LD), the main crime hotspot is near Wellington Road. Police recorded 134 crimes here, including 72 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelling Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Campbell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelling Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelling Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kelling Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Kelling Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Handcroft Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Handcroft Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Campbell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Campbell Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Campbell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Campbell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Campbell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Campbell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Campbell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Campbell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broad Green Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Campbell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Campbell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Campbell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Campbell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Campbell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Campbell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Campbell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Campbell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishop'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bishop'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bishop'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bishop'S Road | — |
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