Total Crime Rate
77.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bute 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.
View Crime In Croydon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Croydon Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Eastney Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastney Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastney Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sumner Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Kingsley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Albion Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bute Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watteau Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sumner Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sumner Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sumner Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sumner Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addington Road | Under investigation |
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