Total Crime Rate

192.9 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 192.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 29.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.7 8/10
  • Public order 20.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.8 9/10
  • Other theft 8.9 7/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Drugs 5.9 6/10
  • Robbery 5.9 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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 35th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Broad Green , and the 148th 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 3NB) in the last 12 months was 192.9 per 1,000 residents and was 11.6% higher than the Broad Green average (172.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 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 Public order ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 97.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 32.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mitcham Road (CR0 3NB), 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.

Crime Over Time in Mitcham Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sutherland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Wortley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sumner Road South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Priory Road
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Onslow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Onslow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Onslow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Miller Road Under investigation
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 2025Criminal damage and arson Fairmead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Onslow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sumner Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sutherland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Onslow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Onslow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Euston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Euston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Allen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Thomson Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wentworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Allen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Wentworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kingsley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sumner Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sutherland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hatton Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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