Total Crime Rate
334.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
141.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Parsons Mead area has the 21st highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Broad Green , and the 59th highest crime rate of 1,070 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 Parsons Mead (CR0 3SP) in the last 12 months was 334.2 per 1,000 residents and was 84.4% higher 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 141.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Parsons Mead (CR0 3SP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 245 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wellington Road (72 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Croydon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cavendish Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chatfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hathaway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kidderminster Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Kidderminster Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kidderminster Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kidderminster Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Panton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Panton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hathaway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nova Road | — |
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