Total Crime Rate

89.1 per 1,000 7/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 89.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.8 3/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bute Road area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Broad Green , and the 456th highest crime rate of 1,082 local areas in Croydon .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bute Road (CR0 3RT) in the last 12 months was 89.1 per 1,000 residents and was 48.5% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (β‰ˆ 40.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bute Road (CR0 3RT), 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 Bute Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Martin Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sumner Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sumner Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sumner Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Sumner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sumner Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Sumner Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sumner Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grafton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Watteau Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leighton Street β€”
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 β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eastney Road β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sumner Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sumner Road β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Addington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sumner Road South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Addington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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