Total Crime Rate

87.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · 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 87.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.7 5/10
  • Drugs 9.7 8/10
  • Other crime 9.7 9/10
  • Other theft 3.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gardeners Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Broad Green , and the 468th highest crime rate of 1,082 local areas in Croydon .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gardeners Road (CR0 3SX) in the last 12 months was 87.4 per 1,000 residents and was 49.5% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 35.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gardeners Road (CR0 3SX), the main crime hotspot is near Wellington Road. Police recorded 151 crimes here, including 71 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Gardeners Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Montague Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Montague Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Montague Road 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 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bishop'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Montague Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Montague Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montague Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishop'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishop'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parson'S Mead
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theobald Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leighton Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chatfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Panton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Chatfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clarendon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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