Total Crime Rate

77.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

37.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 77.6 7/10
  • Violent crimes 37.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 5/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bute Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 104 local areas in Broad Green , and the 523rd highest 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 Bute Road (CR0 3RT) in the last 12 months was 77.6 per 1,000 residents and was 57.2% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 37.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.3% 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 245 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sumner Road (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bute Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Croydon Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eastney Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eastney Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eastney Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Eastney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Eastney Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Eastney Road
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sumner Road South Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Kingsley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Albion Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bute Road
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Watteau Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sumner Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sumner Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Sumner Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sumner Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Addington Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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