Total Crime Rate

134.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

53.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 134.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 53.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.5 8/10
  • Drugs 14.7 9/10
  • Other theft 14.7 9/10
  • Theft from the person 9.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.8 8/10
  • Robbery 7.3 8/10
  • Public order 4.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Vicarage Road area has the 51st highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Broad Green , and the 250th 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 Vicarage Road (CR0 4JS) in the last 12 months was 134.5 per 1,000 residents and was 25.8% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 53.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vicarage Road (CR0 4JS), the main crime hotspot is near Whitestone Way. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Vicarage Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Eland Place
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Connersville Way
Apr 2026Burglary Waddon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Epsom Road
Apr 2026Other theft Godson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Godson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Waddon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Connersville Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Connersville Way
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Eland Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Borough Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Eland Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Vicarage Road
Apr 2026Robbery Vicarage Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitestone Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Whitestone Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rigby Close
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rigby Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waddon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Connersville Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Epsom Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Turners Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Jennett Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jennett Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jennett Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Siddons Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Penfold Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Penfold Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Siddons Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Penfold Close

Data Sources

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