Total Crime Rate
48.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chapman Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Broad Green , and the 340th lowest crime rate of 1,082 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 Chapman Road (CR0 3NW) in the last 12 months was 48.3 per 1,000 residents and was 72.1% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 23.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chapman Road (CR0 3NW), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Euston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Onslow Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutherland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wentworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutherland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutherland Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutherland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fairmead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Martin Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Martin Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allen Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Onslow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allen Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutherland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sutherland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Miller Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Priory Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gurney Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gurney Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Euston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kingsley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Onslow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutherland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Onslow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Thomson Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sumner Road South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sumner Road South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sumner Road South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Onslow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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