Total Crime Rate

173.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 173.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 84.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.0 5/10
  • Burglary 15.8 10/10
  • Other theft 13.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.1 9/10
  • Drugs 10.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Public order 5.3 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Mitcham Road area has the 38th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Broad Green , and the 178th 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 Mitcham Road (CR0 3NA) in the last 12 months was 173.2 per 1,000 residents and was 0.2% higher 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 28.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mitcham Road (CR0 3NA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sumner Road (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Mitcham Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Martin Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sutherland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hatton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hatton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hatton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hatton Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sumner Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sumner Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sumner Road South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sutherland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sutherland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sutherland Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sutherland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sutherland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wentworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sumner Gardens
Sep 2025Drugs Wentworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kingsley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Priory Road
Sep 2025Theft from the person Euston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Euston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Thomson Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Onslow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Onslow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Onslow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Onslow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Onslow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Onslow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grafton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sumner Gardens Under investigation

Data Sources

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