Total Crime Rate
59.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sumner Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 104 local areas in Broad Green , and the 425th lowest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sumner Road (CR0 3LL) in the last 12 months was 59.1 per 1,000 residents and was 67.4% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 29.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sumner Road (CR0 3LL), 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 | Elmwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Montague Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Croydon Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nova Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nova Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Longley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Montague Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Panton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Panton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Montague Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Albion Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montague Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fairholme Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fairholme Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wellington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chatfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wellington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kidderminster Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmwood Road | Under investigation |
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