Total Crime Rate
334.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
141.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Montague Road 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 Montague Road (CR0 3SS) 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 Montague Road (CR0 3SS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 177 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 | Mead Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobblestone Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishop'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vanguard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Renown Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Renown Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Renown Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kidderminster Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wellington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobblestone Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobblestone Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bishop'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobblestone Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobblestone Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobblestone Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cobblestone Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cobblestone Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cobblestone Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cobblestone Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cobblestone Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cobblestone Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Cobblestone Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wellington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bishop'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bishop'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wellington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hood Close | Under investigation |
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